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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.
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Galls
Gall An abnormal growth caused by insects. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Glabrate, Glabrates, Glabrescent, Glabrescents, Glabrouses, hairless, smooth
Glabrous Smooth, not hairy. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Eglandular, Eglandulars, Glands, Glandular, Glandulars
Gland A structure the secretes oily substances. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification. Did you know? Sundew leaves use sticky glandular hairs to trap insects, then digest them for nutrients.
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bluish powdery coating, Glaucouses, waxy bloom
Glaucous Having a whitish, grayish, or bluish powdery coating. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification. Did you know? The bluish coating on blueberries is a natural wax that helps protect the fruit.
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Glumaceouses
Glumaceous Arranged in glumes. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Helicoids
Helicoid Coiled like a spiral. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Hyalines
Hyaline Thin, membranous, and transparent or translucent. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
