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Nerves
Nerve A slender rib or vein, especially if unbranched. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Obclavates
Obclavate Club shaped, with the attachment at the broad end. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Oblanceolates
Oblanceolate Shaped like a long point, with the narrow end at the point of attachment. The inverse of lanceolate.
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Obliques
Oblique Slanting. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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blunt, Obtuses
Obtuse Blunt. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Orbiculars, Orbiculate, Orbiculates, Suborbicular, Suborbiculars
Orbicular Approximately circular in outline. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Oblate, Oblates, Obovate, Obovates, Ovates, Ovoid, Ovoids
Ovate Having an oval or egg-shaped outline, wider at the point of attachment
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light colored, pale, Pallids
Pallid Pale, light in color. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Papilla, papilla, Papillae, Papillaes, papillate.jpg, Papillates, Papilliferous, Papilliferouses
Papillate Having short rounded bumps, called papillae (singular: papilla). This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification. Did you know? Lotus leaves have microscopic surface bumps that help water bead and roll away, inspiring self-cleaning materials.
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Peltates
Peltate Shaped like a disc, with the point of attachment near the center.
