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Falcates
Falcate Sickle shaped, curved. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Farinaceouses
Farinaceous Mealy in texture; starchy. Having an odor variously described as that of raw potatoes, raw cucumbers, or even of soaps
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Fascicles
Fascicle A tight bundle. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification. Did you know? Counting needles per fascicle helps identify pines: eastern white pine has five; red pine has two.
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Fibrilose, Fibriloses, Fibrils
Fibril A delicate fiber or hair. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Filiferouses
Filiferous Covered with threads. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Filiforms
Filiform Long and very slender, thread-like. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Fistular, fistular, Fistulars, Fistuloses
Fistulose Hollow and tubular. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Fusiforms
Fusiform Shaped like a spindle - wide in the middle and narrow at the ends.
