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Laxes
Lax Loose, with parts open and spreading as opposed to compact.
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Lenticulars
Lenticular Shaped like a lens - biconvex. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Lignicolouses
Lignicolous Living on wood. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Ligulates
Ligulate Star shaped. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Ligules
Ligule A strap-shaped organ. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification. Did you know? Grass specialists often identify grasses by the ligule at the junction of the leaf blade and sheath.
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line-shaped, Linears, narrow
Linear Straight and narrow. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Lobates
Lobate In the form of a lobe. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Apiculate, Apiculates, Cuspidate, Cuspidates, Mucronate, Mucronates, Mucros
Mucro A short, sharp, abrupt tip. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Muricates
Muricate Rough, with small sharp points. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Nectaries, Nectars, Nectary
Nectar A sugary, sticky fluid secreted by many plants. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification. Did you know? Honey begins as flower nectar collected by bees and concentrated inside the hive.
