Leaf shape3 - Herbaceous plants



Shallowly palmate - radiating lobes not divided to midrib


Palmate - deeply divided into radiating lobes


Deeply divided into three major leaflets (ternate)


3 leaflets - entire (or v. small teeth)

3 leaflets - toothed/lobed

3 leaflets - further subdivided

Palmate with leaflets entire (or v. small teeth)

Palmate with lflets toothed or lobed

Doubly (or more) palmately/ternately lobed

Once-pinnate leaves

Choose from:    Leaflets entire ,    or leaflets variously lobed or toothed



Deeply divided, doubly pinnate leaves


Deeply divided, triply pinnate leaves


Succulent leaves


Strongly white or silvery leaves


Saprophytic plants - no chlorophyll