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Plant
habit
shrubs
grass-like
special groups
composites
legumes
mints
dicots
monocots
longevity
annual or biennial
perennial
stature
prostrate
scapose
erect or ascending; neither prostrate nor scapose
armature
unarmed
armed
sap
latex absent (sap clear)
latex present
leaves/twigs aromatic when crushed
without marked odor
clearly odiferous
Leaves
arrangement/phyllotaxy
basal
alternate
opposite
whorled
fascicled/clustered along stem
blade division
all simple
deeply lobed or divided
some or all fully compound
leaf attachment
sessile or nearly so
leaf stalk (petiole) clearly present
winged petiolate
sheathing
stipules
stipules absent
stipules or their scars present
leaf (leaflet) margin
entire
toothed
lobed
revolute
Inflorescence
flowering month
Jan.
Feb.
March
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
plant sexuality
monoecious
bisexual flowers
Flower
principal flower color
white or cream
purple
blue
green
yellow
orange
red
pink
brown
inconspicuous
corolla symmetry
regular
bilateral
ovary position
sepals/petals attached above middle of ovary (inferior or partly inferior ovary)
sepals/petals attached below middle of ovary (ovary superior)
Fruit or Cone
Fruit Dehiscence
dehiscent (splits open)
indehiscent
Stem & Twigs
succulent vs non-succulent
succulent
not succulent
Arizona State University Herbarium
Species Count: 68
Apiaceae
Bowlesia incana
Daucus pusillus
Asteraceae
Baileya multiradiata
Chaenactis stevioides
Logfia arizonica
Monoptilon bellioides
Rafinesquia neomexicana
Sonchus oleraceus
Stylocline micropoides
Boraginaceae
Amsinckia intermedia
Cryptantha barbigera
Cryptantha maritima
Eucrypta micrantha
Harpagonella palmeri
Heliotropium curassavicum
Johnstonella angustifolia
Lappula occidentalis
Nama hispida
Pectocarya heterocarpa
Pectocarya recurvata
Phacelia crenulata
Phacelia distans
Pholistoma auritum
Plagiobothrys arizonicus
Brassicaceae
Brassica tournefortii
Caulanthus lasiophyllus
Descurainia pinnata
Draba cuneifolia
Lepidium lasiocarpum
Physaria gordonii
Physaria tenella
Sisymbrium irio
Thysanocarpus curvipes
Caryophyllaceae
Herniaria hirsuta
Commelinaceae
Tradescantia occidentalis
Fabaceae
Lotus salsuginosus
Lotus strigosus
Lupinus concinnus
Lupinus sparsiflorus
Geraniaceae
Erodium cicutarium
Lamiaceae
Salvia columbariae
Malvaceae
Malva parviflora
Sphaeralcea ambigua
Montiaceae
Calandrinia ciliata
Claytonia perfoliata
Onagraceae
Chylismia claviformis
Eulobus californicus
Orobanchaceae
Castilleja exserta
Papaveraceae
Eschscholzia californica
Platystemon californicus
Plantaginaceae
Penstemon parryi
Plantago ovata
Plantago patagonica
Poaceae
Hordeum murinum
Lamarckia aurea
Poa bigelovii
Schismus barbatus
Vulpia octoflora
Polemoniaceae
Allophyllum gilioides
Eriastrum diffusum
Gilia flavocincta
Leptosiphon chrysanthus
Linanthus bigelovii
Phlox gracilis
Polygonaceae
Chorizanthe brevicornu
Chorizanthe rigida
Resedaceae
Oligomeris linifolia
Urticaceae
Parietaria hespera