Piante Spontanee

Wild herbs, flowers and shrubs

Plant morphology

Plant characteristics

259 catalogued morphological characteristics

259

Characteristics

6

Categories

Flower

52 characteristics

Color: amaranth2 Color: orange1 Color: light blue31 Color: white154 Color: white-greenish8 Color: brown18 Color: fuchsia36 Color: yellow129 Color: yellow-greenish14 Color: lilac29 Color: purple22 Color: pink71 Color: red23 Color: green24 Color: glaucous green23 Color: purple81 Corolla: tubular1 Size: large6 Size: small13 Form: bilobed1 Form: hemispherical1 Number of petals: 432 Number of petals: 577 Number of petals: 626 Number of petals: many73 Number of petals: none4 Number of sepals: 41 Number of sepals: 512 Number of sepals: 81 Number of stamens: 101 Number of stamens: 42 Number of stamens: 54 Number of stamens: 67 Number of stamens: many1 Number of tepals: 51 Number of tepals: 67 Petal: absent22 Petal: fringed1 Habit: corymbose8 Habit: scapose216 Tip: rounded1 Symmetry: actinomorphic66 Symmetry: zygomorphic9 Structure: inflorescence22 Structure: inflorescence with apical fascicles3 Structure: scapose inflorescence76 Structure: many flowers1 Sepal surface: hairy9 Sepal surface: spiny6 Type: labiatae6 Type: ligulate29 Type: tubular28

Leaf

69 characteristics

Attachment: sessile19 Base: truncated4 Consistency: fleshy18 Consistency: leathery13 Consistency: herbaceous179 Texture: soft30 Consistency: semi-succulent20 Margin: rounded1 Margin: pentagonal2 Size: large12 Arrangement: alternate93 Arrangement: appressed basal24 Arrangement: compact basal29 Arrangement: bipinnatisect11 Arrangement: distichous8 Arrangement: imparipinnate28 Arrangement: opposite132 Arrangement: opposite decussate19 Arrangement: paripinnate3 Arrangement: pennatolobate3 Arrangement: palmately compound with five leaflets2 Arrangement: basal rosette67 Arrangement: spiral3 Arrangement: trifoliate21 Arrangement: whorled9 Form: needle-shaped1 Form: astate2 Shape: cordate6 Shape: elliptical2 Form: lanceolate112 Shape: strap-shaped1 Form: linear71 Shape: linear-lanceolate19 Shape: linear-spatulate14 Shape: obcordate4 Shape: oblanceolate26 Shape: oblong-spatulate3 Form: obovate15 Shape: oval20 Shape: ovate48 Form: ovate-lanceolate51 Form: ovate-oblong7 Form: palmatifida8 Shape: reniform2 Shape: spatulate20 Form: suborbicular4 Insertion: peltate1 White-spotted2 Spotted with black5 Margin: crenate-dentate38 Margin: dentate91 Margin: dentate1 Margin: incised2 Margin: entire63 Margin: smooth10 Margin: serrate18 Veins: parallel8 Apex: acuminate3 Apex: acute9 Apex: rounded3 Surface: glandular8 Surface: glaucous21 Surface: shiny11 Surface: patinated11 Surface: hairy45 Surface: spiny9 Surface: tomentose lower side26 Type: amplexicaul16 Type: petiolate18

Stem

52 characteristics

Coloration: reddish49 Consistency: woody25 Consistency: lignified8 Inside: hollow4 Milky2 Length: short1 Habit: ascending124 Habit: tufted19 Habit: bushy58 Habit: with twisted stems8 Habit: with stems swollen at the internodes10 Habit: erect245 Habit: erect-branched174 Habit: geniculate6 Habit: prostrate29 Habit: prostrate-ascending42 Habit: branched70 Habit: branched in the upper part98 Habit: branched-ascending79 Habit: climbing10 Habit: trailing31 Habit: scandent48 Habit: creeping16 Section: angular50 Section: angular56 Section: quarry3 Section: cylindrical22 Section: compressed cylindrical38 Section: compressed cylindrical47 Section: quadrangular55 Section: quadrata26 Section: semicylindrical13 Section: triangular5 Surface: with forked or stellate hairs17 Surface: with short appressed hairs45 Surface: with short stellate hairs25 Surface: with spreading hairs66 Surface: with soft patent hairs63 Surface: glabrous58 Surface: glauca14 Surface: hirsute63 Surface: rough80 Surface: smooth7 Surface: hairy93 Surface: pubescent42 Surface: cobwebby9 Surface: rough38 Surface: grooved10 Surface: spiny9 Surface: striated23 Surface: tomentose37 Surface: velvety83

Root

18 characteristics

Shape: ovoid2 Type: bulbous22 Type: groundcover13 Type: robust taproot33 Type: rhizome40 Type: annulated nodose rhizome51 Type: woody stoloniferous rhizome51 Type: deep stoloniferous rhizome53 Type: superficial rhizome35 Type: digital tuberous rhizome44 Type: fibrous tuberous rhizome53 Type: lignified tuberous rhizome46 Type: ovoid tuberous rhizome38 Type: subglobose tuberous rhizome33 Type: rhizotuber6 Type: ovoid tuber31 Type: tuberous6 Type: deep tuberous39

Characteristics

40 characteristics

with amaranth flowers2 with blue flowers20 with white flowers140 with blue-purple flowers28 with brown flowers8 with orange-colored flowers1 with fuchsia flowers36 with yellow flowers112 with lilac flowers24 with pendulous flowers1 with small flowers6 with purple flowers21 with fragrant flowers38 with pink flowers57 with red flowers16 with tubular flowers with bilobed spur1 with green flowers18 with purple flowers67 flower without petals24 annual plant86 biennial plant18 edible plant69 plant with leaves with mucronate apex1 plant with leaves with irregularly toothed margin9 plant with leaves with wavy margin2 plant with dimorphic leaves3 plant with a spreading bushy habit49 plant with a prostrate-ascending habit73 plant with a scapose habit79 endemic plant11 parasitic plant4 Perennial plant170 fragrant plant21 psammophilous plant25 plant without chlorophyll3 spiny plant20 creeping plant33 succulent plant13 toxic plant42 stinging plant2

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28 characteristics

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