leaves
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common leaf shapes
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leaf apices |
crenate margins |
leaf bases and attachments |
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leaf margins |
leaf apex type? |
leaf shape variation
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pubescence |
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leaf, bud, stem relationship
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leaf parts |
alternate, entire leaves |
leaf arrangement: alternate |
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equitant leaves |
leaf arrangement: opposite?
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bi- to tripinnately compound |
compound leaf types |
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leaf arrangement: whorled |
basal rosette of leaves
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pinnately compound |
bipinnately compound |
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big sagitate leaf hiding a botanist
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leaf size: big or little |
leaf and leaflet modification: tendrils |
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stipules |
leaf modification: spines |
leaf surface features: nectaries
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leaf modification: bulb (onion) |
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leaf modification: carnivory |
leaf modification: petaloid bract |
leaf modification: succulence (Lithops)
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leaf modification: petaloid bract |
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