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ovatelanceolate, obovate, or spathulate; base straight or curved at insertion, decurrent or not; margins plane, recurved, or revolute, 1-stratose or 2-stratose, rarely

internally usually with maroon or reddish purple blotches or relatively uniformly colored, lacking maroon or reddish purple stripes or veins distally, 15–20 (–24)

(Saxifraga) or annual (Cascadia, Saxifraga), rhizomatous or not, stoloniferous or not, persistent stem ± erect as caudex, horizontal as rhizome, or intergrading

tuberous or woody. Stems to 60 cm, glabrous or hairy. Leaves long-petiolate; stipules inconspicuous, brown; blade suborbiculate to reniform, 5 or 7 (9) -lobed

texture","leaf architecture or arrangement or shape or vernation","leaf architecture or pubescence or relief","leaf fixation or orientation","margin architecture"

lobes rounded or ovate, margins dentate, apex acute or obtuse, surfaces abaxially glabrous or short-stipitate-glandular, adaxially glabrous or short-stipitate-glandular

architecture or arrangement or growth form","fruits capsule dehiscence","gland position","gland presence","glomerule architecture or arrangement or growth form"

"margin architecture or pubescence or shape","margin architecture or shape","margin pubescence or relief","midrib architecture or pubescence or relief","midrib

architecture or arrangement","basal membrane height","basal membrane shape","base architecture or fixation","base size","beak height or length or size","beak

interpreted as C. cuneatus or misidentified as hybrids between C. pumilus and C. cuneatus. Populations of C. arcuatus are relatively uniform throughout their geographic

architecture or pubescence or relief","leaf fixation or orientation","margin architecture","margin architecture or shape","margin shape or vernation","marginal

"seed architecture or pubescence or relief","seed architecture or shape","seed course","seed prominence or shape","seed pubescence or relief","seed quantity"

biochemical diversity in Mexico, populations in the United States are relatively uniform. None. None. window.propertiesFromHigherTaxa=[{"rank":"genus","name":"Argyrochosma"

"cauline leaf architecture or shape","cauline leaf arrangement or course or shape","cauline leaf orientation","cauline leaf prominence or shape","cauline leaf

texture","margin architecture or function or pubescence","panicle architecture","panicle architecture or arrangement or growth form","pedicel architecture"

architecture or pubescence or relief","abaxial surface pubescence or relief","adaxial surface pubescence or relief","anther quantity","apex architecture or shape"

architecture","silicle architecture or pubescence or relief","silicle shape","silique architecture","silique architecture or pubescence or relief","silique shape"

throughout the western Cordillera and into the High Plains. Morphology is relatively uniform throughout its range except that alpine specimens are notably dwarfed

sometimes laxly so, or decumbent, prostrate, or creeping. Leaves usually alternate, some­times opposite or whorled, simple, basal and/or cauline, basal usually

coloration","hair density","hair height or length or size","hair length or size","hair orientation","hair pubescence or texture","hair shape","hair vestiture

with simple or branched caudices, sometimes stoloniferous). Stems erect to ascending, decumbent, or prostrate, simple or branched, glabrous or hairy, sometimes

complanate when moist, bilaterally symmetric or asymmetric, lanceolate to ovate or elliptic, rounded, obtuse, or acute, acuminate to subulate, ecostate; margin

broadly ovoid or ellipsoid, terete, apex acute to rounded; scales 2–3, valvate, or (Alnus subg. Alnobetula) several, imbricate, smooth, or (Alnus subg.

5 teeth or lobes. The relatively flat portion of a corolla of a ray floret is called a lamina; it terminates in 0–3(–4) teeth or lobes. More or less bilabiate

architecture or pubescence or relief","abaxial surface pubescence or relief","adaxial surface pubescence or relief","anther quantity","apex architecture or shape"

distinctive and not found in any specimens of E. canum. Most collections are relatively uniform in aspect, leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds, despite the relative

"branchlet height or length or size","calyptra architecture or pubescence or relief","calyptra relief","cell-wall development","cell-wall prominence or shape","cell-wall

"apex architecture or shape","apical appendage shape","appendages ring presence","array architecture","branch arrangement or course or shape","branch structure

persistent. Spores chlorophyllose or aborted, the former spheric to ovoid, relatively large, (50–) 90–100 (–120) µm, papillose or reticulate-papillose. nw North

lanceolate, or linear (± uniform in size), margins entire, faces glabrate, scabrous, cottony, or woolly, eglandular or stipitate-glandular. Heads radiate or discoid

the limits of this subspecies. One population is a morphologically relatively uniform form characterized by a many-branched habit, which may form dense

fusiform, or prismatic, often compressed, obcompressed, or flattened, often beaked or apically tapered, bodies smooth, muricate, rugose, or tuberculate

pubescent or tomentose (sometimes on midveins) or glabrous, eglandular or glandular, with or without resinous glands, adaxial pale, light, or dark green

Stems relatively few to relatively numerous, erect, gray-green, simple or widely branched, hairy. Leaves cauline, uniformly gray-green, green, or white

or size","stamen position","stamen quantity","stamen size","stem height or length or size","stem shape","style shape","surface habitat","tepal fusion"

Leaf-blades: basal sinus incisions relatively short or long, sometimes absent, abaxial surface usually irregularly or uniformly hairy, sometimes glabrous, nerves

exstipulate, sessile or petiolate, pairs equal or unequal; blade linear to ovate or ± round, thin to thick and fleshy or succulent, plane or undulate, base ±

Stems ascending or spreading. Bark exfoliating in grayish or reddish strings or strips, or sometimes not exfoliating. Branches erect or arching; twigs with

architecture or shape","disc diameter","disc orientation or shape","disc shape","margin architecture or pubescence or shape","margin coloration or reflectance"

architecture or shape","disc diameter","disc orientation or shape","disc shape","margin architecture or pubescence or shape","margin coloration or reflectance"

"spine architecture or pubescence or relief","spine architecture or shape","spine coloration or pubescence or relief","spine pubescence or relief","stem texture"

architecture or shape","pollen-grain pubescence or relief or texture","pollinium quantity","portion reproduction","pseudobulb size","rhizome growth form or orientation"

Shrubs, vines, or herbs; rhizomes tuberous or stoloniferous, woody; roots filiform. Stems erect, sprawling or, more often, climbing, simple or branching, unarmed

distalmost lateral pair, not or scarcely overlapping, obovate or elliptic-ovate to flabellate or rhombic, margins flat, singly or doubly toothed, venation

"internal surface relief","leaf architecture or arrangement or shape or vernation","leaf orientation","mat architecture or fragility","mat fragility","papilla position

cm. Petiole light-brown or straw-colored when mature, occasionally darker at very base, not articulate above base, relatively brittle and easily shattered

7–9-lobed, margins flat, sometimes slightly undulate, basal sinuses relatively wide or narrow, basal lobes not overlapping, middle lobes rounded, as long

filamentous or nonfilamentous segments, these multiseriate proximally, often uniseriate distally, composed of ± isodiametric cells, concealed by or slightly

glabrous or ± tomentose to sericeous or glabrescent. Heads discoid (unisexual), borne singly or in corymbiform, paniculiform, racemiform, or subcapitate

abaxial surface glabrous or hairy, nerves glabrous proximally or hairy throughout, adaxial sparsely to densely hairy throughout or on folds only. Inflorescences:

species, glabrous, base narrowed gradually or abruptly to petiole, margins entire or sometimes wavy. Scape green or sometimes reddish, typically elongating

southern Washington. It may form relatively large stoloniferous colonies on mountain slopes or meadows and in coastal lowlands, or in shallow streams and seepage

and folds or on some folds only. Inflorescences: primary branches densely hairy; peduncles sparsely hairy or glabrous. Pedicels glabrous or some of the

veined or veinless adaxially, shortly stipitate, lance to deltate-ovate or obovate, unequally biconvex or planoconvex in cross-section, thick-walled or leathery

4s–5s (–6s); petioles 5–20 mm, glabrous or pubescent; blades pinnately veined, lance-elliptic to lanceolate or lanceovate, mostly (6–) 8–23 (–30) × (1

cream, or pink, sometimes with purple center or red-tinged tips, radially or bilaterally symmetric, rotate with petals spreading to deflexed or shallowly

America Association Plants perennial, glabrous or nearly so, with short and relatively thin, horizontal or slightly oblique rootstock (usually not reaching

glabrescent or glabrous, or grayish and arachnose, loosely tomentose, or subpannose. Heads disciform, usually in glomerules borne in continuous or interrupted

inflorescences of two types, some in dense clusters, relatively longer, others uniformly distributed, relatively shorter. Staminate inflorescences: internodes

apex obtuse or acute to acuminate or spinose. Inflorescences terminal or sometimes axillary, frequently much-branched or congested cymes, or flowers solitary;

architecture","blade architecture or pubescence or relief","blade arrangement or course or shape","blade texture","inflorescence position or structure subtype","leaf

6–12 mm, uniformly pubescent (trichomes branched, or simple and branched). Flowers: sepals 3.5–5 × 1.5–2 mm, pubescent (trichomes relatively large and

"properties":["author","anther architecture or structure in adjective form","anther variability","bract architecture or coloration or relief","bract coloration","bract

branching usually monopodial [or sympodial]. Stems not spinose. Buds 3–10-scaled (resinous or not, terminal buds present [or absent]). Leaves deciduous;

architecture or pubescence or relief","calyptra shape","capsule architecture or arrangement or shape or vernation","capsule architecture or shape","capsule

architecture","spine architecture or pubescence or relief","spine coloration or pubescence or relief","spine pubescence","spine pubescence or relief","spine shape"

architecture","body architecture or pubescence or relief","body relief","bractlet quantity","branch arrangement or course or shape","branch structure in adjective

architecture or arrangement or growth form","fruits capsule dehiscence","gland position","gland presence","glomerule architecture or arrangement or growth form"

2-pinnate, ternate, or finely dissected; ultimate divisions lobed or unlobed, margins entire or few-toothed. Inflorescences terminal and/or axillary, on current-years

architecture or arrangement or growth form","fruits capsule dehiscence","gland position","gland presence","glomerule architecture or arrangement or growth form"

architecture","body architecture or pubescence or relief","body relief","bractlet quantity","branch arrangement or course or shape","branch structure in adjective

architecture","body architecture or pubescence or relief","body relief","bractlet quantity","branch arrangement or course or shape","branch structure in adjective

architecture or pubescence or relief","leaf fixation or orientation","margin architecture","margin architecture or shape","margin shape or vernation","marginal

Stems erect, sometimes trailing (A. parvulum) or procumbent or ascending (A. wrightii), glabrescent or pubescent, sometimes viscid (A. hirtum, A. reventum

architecture","blade architecture or pubescence or relief","blade arrangement or course or shape","blade texture","inflorescence position or structure subtype","leaf

± 3-nerved, rarely pinnately veined, deltate-ovate or ovate to lanceovate, 5–16 × 2–8 cm, relatively thick and firm (often rugose), bases usually abruptly

architecture or pubescence or relief","abaxial surface pubescence or relief","adaxial surface pubescence or relief","anther quantity","apex architecture or shape"

cm. Petiole light-brown or straw-colored when mature, occasionally darker at very base, not articulate above base, relatively brittle and easily shattered

"properties":["author","base architecture or shape","base shape","between midrib and margin row quantity","blade growth form or texture","blade size","costa architecture"

"stem architecture","stem quantity","stigma prominence","style height or length or size","thyrse shape","whole_organism duration","whole_organism nutrition"

125, 126, 133. Shrubs or trees, 0.05–20 m, not clonal or, sometimes, clonal by layering or stem fragmentation. Stems usually erect or decumbent; branches

"properties":["author","base architecture or shape","base shape","between midrib and margin row quantity","blade growth form or texture","blade size","costa architecture"

"margin architecture or pubescence or shape","margin architecture or shape","margin pubescence or relief","midrib architecture or pubescence or relief","midrib

Petiole light-brown or straw-colored throughout when mature, occasionally darker at very base, not articulate above base, relatively brittle and easily

"properties":["author","annulus arrangement","base height or length or size","branch architecture or shape","branch leaf size","branch leaf width","broader

Herbs or subshrubs, rarely shrubs, annual or perennial, sometimes biennial; hemiparasitic, caudex woody or fleshy, taprooted to fibrous-rooted or rhizomatous

architecture or arrangement or growth form","corymb quantity","hip texture","inflorescence architecture","inflorescence architecture or arrangement or growth

to 1 m. Turions absent. Leaves usually alternate and/or in whorls of 3 (or 4), sometimes opposite or irregular, heter­omorphic; petiole 0–3 mm; submersed

growth form or location","lobe apex position or structure subtype","lobe apex shape","margin shape or architecture","ovary height or length or size","ovary

arrangement or course or shape","hilum coloration or relief","inflorescence position or structure subtype","internode architecture","lemma architecture or shape"

architecture","blade margin architecture or shape","blade margin shape","body relief","branch arrangement or course or shape","branch structure in adjective

architecture or pubescence or relief","calyptra shape","capsule architecture or arrangement or shape or vernation","capsule architecture or shape","capsule

architecture","body architecture or pubescence or relief","body architecture or shape","body relief","branch arrangement or course or shape","branch structure

arrangement or course or shape","blade arrangement or shape","corolla coloration","disc-floret quantity","disc-floret reproduction","head architecture or arrangement"

"properties":["author","base shape","blade coloration or pubescence or relief","blade growth form or texture","blade pubescence","blade reflectance","blade

cm. Petiole light-brown or straw-colored when mature, occasionally darker at very base, not articulate above base, relatively brittle and easily shattered

"properties":["author","base architecture or shape","base shape","between midrib and margin row quantity","blade growth form or texture","blade size","costa architecture"

architecture or shape","cauline leaf arrangement","cauline leaf arrangement or course or shape","cauline leaf orientation","cauline leaf prominence or shape"

lobes to 20 mm wide), faces pubescent or glabrescent (abaxial) or glabrous (adaxial). Heads in compact, paniculiform or racemiform arrays (10–) 20–30 (–40)

96, 97, 100, 102, 1. Annuals, biennials, or perennials, 5–400 cm, spiny. Stems (1–several) erect, branched or simple, sometimes narrowly spiny-winged.

"floret length or size","floret reproduction","floret shape","glume height or length or size","glume prominence","hilum arrangement or course or shape","internode

"seed architecture or pubescence or relief","seed architecture or shape","seed course","seed prominence or shape","seed pubescence or relief","seed quantity"

coloration or relief","inflorescence position or structure subtype","lemma architecture or shape","lemma height or length or size","lemma length or size","lodicule

architecture or shape","cauline leaf arrangement","cauline leaf arrangement or course or shape","cauline leaf orientation","cauline leaf prominence or shape"

translocation and accumulation of carbonates, salts, or silicate clays, or that have formed by carbonate or silica cementation. Aridisols are associated with

architecture or pubescence or relief","spine architecture or shape","spine coloration or pubescence or relief","spine pubescence","spine pubescence or relief"

coloration or relief","inflorescence position or structure subtype","lemma architecture or shape","lemma height or length or size","lemma length or size","lodicule

elliptic, or obovate, 36–84 × 19–40 mm, 1.8–3.6 times as long as wide, base convex or cuneate, margins slightly revolute, entire, apex convex or acuminate

arrangement or shape","petal quantity","petiole architecture or function or pubescence","petiole presence","plate architecture or pubescence or relief","plate

architecture or relief","side relief","stamen height or length or size","stem orientation","stem position","stem quantity","stipule architecture or function

glandular plants in the northern Coast Ranges of California. Relatively small plants forming uniform populations in the southern Sierra Nevada may represent

architecture or shape","segment margin shape","side orientation","side shape","sorus shape","spore architecture","spore coloration","stem height or length or size"

shape","spore architecture or pubescence or relief","stem architecture or arrangement or shape or vernation","stem architecture or shape","stem arrangement"

architecture or arrangement or growth form","terminal and axillary raceme architecture or arrangement or growth form","whole_organism growth form or habitat"

annual, (0.5–) 1–4.5 dm; with a taproot or branched root system. Stems solitary or few, erect, unbranched or 1–4 branches from proximal 1/2, hairs spreading

hairy; anthers white; stigmas (6 or) 7 or 8. Schizocarps 6–8 mm diam.; mericarps (6 or) 7 or 8, 3–3.5 mm, usually glabrous or very sparsely glandularpuberulent

monoecious, aquatic or semiaquatic, often forming dense stands. Stems often branched, to 3 m. Turions absent. Leaves mostly in whorls of (3 or) 4 (or 5), sometimes

Capitatae","properties":["achene architecture or pubescence or relief","anther length or size","apex architecture or shape","apex coloration","apex shape","basal

hairy; anthers white to pale-pink; stigmas 6 or 7 (or 8). Schizocarps 6–7 mm diam.; mericarps 6 or 7 (or 8), 3–3.5 mm, back not ribbed, roughened, sides

architecture or pubescence or relief","calyptra shape","capsule architecture or arrangement or shape or vernation","capsule architecture or shape","capsule

"properties":["author","hair arrangement or shape","rhizome architecture or arrangement","rhizome depth","rhizome length","root arrangement or growth form","root texture"

scouring the surface or producing surficial deposits of considerable extent. These deposits can result directly from glacial erosion, or less directly from

Gerard's Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes (London, 1597), the truly valuable American medicinal plants were either still unknown or considered inferior