Bloom Clock/Descriptions
These are ways of describing plants for the dichotomous keys.
Flowers
[edit | edit source]- Color
- Inflorescence
- Perianth and calyx number
- Open/bell-shaped/tubular/etc.
- Anthers
Fruit
[edit | edit source]- fleshy
- dry
- pappused
- capsular
Type
[edit | edit source]- Herbaceous
- Tree
- Shrub
- Vine
- Floating Aquatic
Foliage
[edit | edit source]- Complexity
- simple: {{bcp/simple leaves}}
- pinnately compound: {{bcp/pinnately compound leaves}}
- palmately compound: {{bcp/palmately compound leaves}}
- trifoliate: {{bcp/trifoliate leaves}}
- Arrangement
- opposite: {{bcp/opposite leaves}}
- alternate: {{bcp/alternate leaves}}
- whorled: {{bcp/whorled leaves}}
- basal leaves only: {{bcp/basal leaves only}}
- glabrous/glaucus/pubescent
- shape
- margin
- petiole
- sessile
- petiolate
Stem
[edit | edit source]- glabrous/glaucus/pubescent
- glands/lenticels
- cross section
- with/without leaves
- straight/zig-zag/contorted/etc.
Bark
[edit | edit source]- furrowed
- platy
- smooth
- exfoliating
- color