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arrowhead shaped, arrowhead-shaped, Sagittates
Sagittate Shaped like an arrowhead. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Scabrouses
Scabrous Rough or scaly. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Scariouses
Scarious Thin, dry and membranous in texture, not green. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Secunds
Secund Arranged only on one side of the axis. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Septates
Septate Partitioned. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Sessiles
Sessile Attached without a stalk. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Sinuses
Sinus The space between two lobes, segments, or divisions. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Solitaries
Solitary Occurring alone, not paired or clustered. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Sordids
Sordid Dull, dingy or muddy in color. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Squarroses
Squarrose With branches spreading and recurved at the ends. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
