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Reticulates
Reticulate Having a netted or crosshatched pattern. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Rhizomatouses
Rhizomatous Having rhizomes or rhizome-like structures. This feature helps describe plant support, storage, water movement, or vegetative spread.
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Rhizomes
Rhizome An underground stem. This feature helps describe plant support, storage, water movement, or vegetative spread. Did you know? Ginger is a rhizome — a modified underground stem, not a root.
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Rhombics
Rhombic Diamond-shaped. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Rosettes
Rosette A circular arrangement of leaves radiating from a central point
See Rubescent
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Rugoses
Rugose Wrinkled. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
