Month: October 2020
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Oblong leaf
A leaf about twice or three times as long as broad, and parallel-sided at least in the central part of the leaf-blade.
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Moor
An area of upland or montane vegetation dominated by heathers and on dry or damp soils.
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Marsh
An area of vegetation on wet ground on mineral soil (not on peat).
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Linear leaf
A long, narrow leaf, as in most Grasses.
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Lanceolate leaf
A long narrow leaf, slightly wider below, gradually tapering to its tip (lance-shaped).
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Laminar
The blade of a leaf (as distinct from the petiole).
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Kidney-shaped leaf
A leaf with a rounded outline, with the stalk in a notch between two rounded basal lobes.
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lnvolucre
A whorl, collar or ruff of bracts at the base of a flowerhead, or (less often) of a single flower.
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lnternode
The length of stem between nodes.
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Glandular hair
A hair with a gland on its tip (through a hand lens, looking like a stalk with a blob on the end).