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Herbaceous - Greenish or Nondescript - by leaf shape
Choose:
(a)
Leaves linear and flat or cylindrical, or
(b)
leaves broad or divided
Leaves linear, flat or cylindrical - choose from 4 groups below:
1.
Lvs absent or stem-like
, often round (e.g. Rushes)
2.
Ligules
free or ring of hairs
(Grasses)
3.
+/- triangular stems, any
ligules
attached to blade
(Sedges)
4.
Others:
Greenish, brownish or non-descript (broad or divided leaves):
Compound
flowers or
globular or dense
heads
Totally nondescript or very
tiny
(<3mm)
Regular (Actinomorphic) greenish/brownish flowers (>3mm)
Irregular (Zygomorphic) greenish/brownish flowers (>3mm)
Compound flowers (daisy-like) or globular or dense heads - greenish/non-descript
Totally nondescript - usually no clear petals
Tiny flowers (<3mm)
Regular flowers by increasing petal number - greenish/non-descript:
3-4 'petals':
5 'petals':
6 'petals':
Asymmetric flowers- greenish/non-descript