awn
A slender bristle-like terminal part, i.e. grass flowers.
bract
Scale or
leaf-like upper leaf surrounding a flower or inflorescence, or from whose axil
the flowers arise.
cordate
Heart-shaped, with the point at the tip
labiate
Having
lips, or lip like parts, i.e. nettle flowers
linear
Very narrow, as a
straight line
ovate
Egg-shaped
palmate, digitate
Branched
or lobed like the fingers of a hand
pinnate
In two opposite rows along a common axis
rosette
An
arrangement of leaves, usually at the base of the stem
sagittate
Arrow head-shaped
sessile
Stalkless
spathe
A sheath enclosing
a flower branch
SYN.
Synonym
umbel
Umbrella-shaped inflorescence, with flower stalks all arising from the same
point