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Hemianatropous
Half-anatropous, the ovule axis at 90° to the stalk.
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Helophyte
Herb with basal parts in water or mud and upper parts aerial; (In Raunkiaer’s system) a plant with a growing point that survives adverse seasons as resting bud in marshy ground.
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Helm-like
Shaped like a helmet, i.e. hollow and vaulted (e.g. some orchid petals).
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Heliotropic
Turning towards the sun or towards light.
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Heliotrope
(Colour) light purple. Heliotrope also known as Heliotropium arborescens. Sweet scented violet-blue flowers are favourites as potplants or outdoor bedding plants. Cultivated for perfumery and for scenting bathing waters. Has been used for ‘clergyman’s sore throat.’
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Heliophyte
Plants adapted to full sun.
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Helicoid cyme
Inflorescence growing in a spiral, branching always in the same direction. A one-sided coiled inflorescence resembling a fiddlehead, as in most members of the Boraginaceae family.
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Helicoid
Spiralling in three dimensions.
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Helically twisting
Spiralling in three dimensions.
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Helically
Coiled like a spring.
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