leaves

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common leaf shapes

 

leaf apices

crenate margins

leaf bases and attachments

leaf margins

leaf apex type?

leaf shape variation

 

pubescence

leaf, bud, stem relationship

 

leaf parts

alternate, entire leaves

leaf arrangement: alternate

equitant leaves

leaf arrangement: opposite?

 

bi- to tripinnately compound

compound leaf types

leaf arrangement: whorled

basal rosette of leaves

 

pinnately compound

bipinnately compound

big sagitate leaf hiding a botanist

 

leaf size: big or little

leaf and leaflet modification: tendrils

 

stipules

leaf modification: spines

leaf surface features: nectaries

 

leaf modification: bulb (onion)

leaf modification: carnivory

leaf modification: petaloid bract

leaf modification: succulence (Lithops)

 

leaf modification: petaloid bract

 

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