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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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Nodes
Node A point on a stem where leaves are or were attached Did you know? Plant cuttings root best when a node is included because nodes contain active growth tissue.
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Nuts
Nut A dry, 1-celled, 1-seeded fruit that does not split open on its own, having a hard and bony shell, sometimes with a fibrous or slightly fleshy outer covering. Did you know? Peanuts are legumes and almonds are seeds inside drupes; true botanical nuts include acorns, hazelnuts, and chestnuts.
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Nutlets
Nutlet A small nut; one of the lobes or sections of the mature ovary of some members of Boraginaceae, Verbenaceae and Labiatae (Laminaceae)
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Obclavates
Obclavate Club shaped, with the attachment at the broad end. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
See Obconic
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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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often on very poor soils
often on very poor soil A type of small green plant, sometimes only 1/16 (2 mm.) and mostly less than 2" (5 cm.) high. Mosses have tiny stems and leaves and reproduce by means of spores instead of seeds. They grow in moist locations
