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| Vascular Plants of California
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1. A small, pointed projection, such as on the margin of a leaf, sepal, or petal. 2. The free tips of otherwise fused structures, such as sepals or petals (somewhat archaic usage); smaller than lobes.
1. Bristle-like appendage or elongation, generally terminal. 2. Stiff, needle-like pappus element in Asteraceae.
Lying flat on the ground.
1. In Poaceae, one or more florets (each a flower with subtending lemma and generally palea) and generally 2 subtending glumes; in a sterile spikelet, the flower(s) and sometimes palea(s) are rudimentary or absent. 2. In Cyperaceae, the smallest aggregation of flowers (generally more than 2) and associated bracts.
Upright; vertically oriented.
Oriented more or less perpendicularly to the axis of attachment; often, more or less horizontal.
Curving or angling upward from base, or about 30-60 degrees less than vertical or away from axis of attachment.
lying mostly flat on the ground but with tips curving up.
Position on a stem from which one or more structures (especially leaves, buds, branches, or flowers) arise.