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  • Glossary
  • A
    • Acanthus >
      • Justicia
    • Agave >
      • Agave
      • Camassia
      • Dasylirion
      • Hesperaloe
      • Hesperocallis
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      • Yucca
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      • Allenrolfea
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      • Chenopodiastrum
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      • Suaeda
      • Tidestromia
    • Amaryllis >
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      • Arisaema
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      • Kniphofia
    • Aster-1 >
      • Agoseris
      • Atrichoseris
      • Calycoseris
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      • Crepis
      • Hieracium
      • Lactuca
      • Lygodesmia
      • Malacothrix
      • Microseris
      • Nothocalais
      • Rafinesquia
      • Scorzonera
      • Sonchus
      • Stephanomeria
      • Taraxacum
      • Tragopogon
      • Uropappus
    • Aster-2.1 >
      • Achillea
      • Bidens
      • Blepharipappus
      • Chaetopappa
      • Cosmos
      • Dieteria
      • Echinacea
      • Erigeron
      • Eriophyllum
      • Eucephalus
    • Aster 2.2 >
      • Galinsoga
      • Gnaphalium
      • Hymenopappus
      • Leucanthemum
      • Machaeranthera
      • Melampodium
      • Monoptilon
      • Nicolletia
      • Parthenium
      • Perityle
      • Symphyotrichum
      • Tanacetum
      • Townsendia
      • Tripleurospermum
      • Xylorhiza
      • Zinnia
    • Aster 3.1 >
      • Achillea
      • Amauriopsis
      • Arnica
      • Bahia
      • Baileya
      • Balsamorhiza
      • Berlandiera
      • Bidens
      • Coreopsis
      • Dyssodia
      • Encelia
      • Ericameria
      • Eriophyllum
    • Aster 3.2 >
      • Gaillardia
      • Geraea
      • Grindelia
      • Gutierrezia
      • Helianthella
      • Helianthus
      • Heliomeris
      • Heliopsis
      • Heterotheca
      • Hymenoxys
      • Lagophylla
      • Lasthenia
      • Madia
    • Aster 3.3 >
      • Packera
      • Pectis
      • Picradeniopsis
      • Platyschkuhria
      • Psilostrophe
      • Pyrrocoma
      • Ratibida
      • Rudbeckia
    • Aster 3.4 >
      • Scabrethia
      • Senecio
      • Solidago
      • Stenotus
      • Tetraneuris
      • Thelesperma
      • Thymophylla
      • Tonestus
      • Verbesina
      • Viguiera
      • Wyethia
      • Xanthisma
      • Zinnia
    • Aster-4 >
      • Ambrosia
      • Anaphalis
      • Antennaria
      • Arctium
      • Arnica
      • Artemisia
      • Bidens
      • Brickellia
      • Carduus
      • Centaurea
      • Chaenactis
      • Cirsium
      • Dimeresia
      • Encelia
      • Ericameria
      • Erigeron
      • Eucephalus
      • Hymenopappus
      • Liatris
      • Matricaria
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      • Pseudognaphalium
      • Rhaponticum
      • Rudbeckia
      • Senecio
      • Tanacetum
      • Thelesperma
      • Trixis
      • Xanthium
  • B
    • Barberry >
      • Jeffersonia
      • Mahonia
      • Podophyllum
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      • Quercus
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      • Campanula
      • Downingia
      • Triodanis
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      • Uvularia
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      • Catalpa
      • Chilopsis
      • Tecoma
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      • Alnus
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      • Euonymus
      • Mortonia
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      • Utricularia
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      • Amsinckia
      • Asperugo
      • Cryptantha
      • Cynoglossum
      • Ellisia
      • Eritrichium
      • Hackelia
      • Heliotropium
      • Hydrophyllum
      • Johnstonella
      • Lappula
      • Lithospermum
      • Mertensia
      • Myosotis
      • Nama
      • Nemophila
      • Oreocarya
      • Phacelia
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      • Tiquilia
    • Brodiaea >
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      • Triteleia
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      • Castilleja
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      • Bistorta
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  • C
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      • Carnegiea
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    • Caltrop >
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      • Mollugo
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      • Typha
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      • Peritoma
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      • Diphasiastrum
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      • Juniperus
  • D
    • Dogbane >
      • Amsonia
      • Apocynum
      • Asclepias
      • Funastrum
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      • Cornus
  • E
    • Elm >
      • Ulmus
    • Empress tree >
      • Paulownia
    • Ephedra >
      • Ephedra
    • Evening-primrose >
      • Chamaenerion
      • Chylismia
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      • Eulobus
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      • Taraxia
  • F
    • False-hellebore >
      • Anticlea
      • Toxicoscordion
      • Veratrum
      • Xerophyllum
    • Fern (Maidenhair) Families >
      • Pteridaceae >
        • Argyrochosma
        • Myriopteris
    • Fern (True) Families >
      • Polypodiaceae >
        • Polypodium
    • Fern (Wood) Families >
      • Dryopteridaceae >
        • Dryopteris
    • Fig-marigold >
      • Carpobrotus
    • Figwort >
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      • Linum
    • Four o'clock >
      • Abronia
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    • Fumitory >
      • Corydalis
      • Dicentra
      • Fumaria
  • G
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      • Comastoma
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      • Aralia
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      • Cucurbita
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      • Marah
    • Grape >
      • Parthenocissus
      • Vitis
    • Grass >
      • Achnatherum
      • Agropyron
      • Alopecurus
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      • Aristida
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      • Bromopsis
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      • Buchloe
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      • Hesperostipa
      • Hordeum
      • Lolium
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      • Panicum
      • Phragmites
      • Poa
      • Polypogon
      • Sorghastrum
      • Spartina
      • Thinopyrum
    • Grass-of-Parnassus >
      • Parnassia
  • H
    • Heath >
      • Arbutus
      • Arctostaphylos
      • Chimaphila
      • Gaultheria
      • Hypopitys
      • Kalmia
      • Ledum
      • Menziesia
      • Moneses
      • Orthilia
      • Phyllodoce
      • Pterospora
      • Pyrola
      • Rhododendron
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      • Vaccinium
    • Hemp >
      • Celtis
      • Humulus
    • Honeysuckle >
      • Linnaea
      • Lonicera
      • Symphoricarpos
    • Horsetail >
      • Equisetum
    • Hyacinth >
      • Muscari
    • Hydrangea >
      • Fendlera
      • Jamesia
  • I
    • Iris >
      • Chasmanthe
      • Iris
      • Nemastylis
      • Olsynium
      • Sisyrinchium
  • J
    • Jewelweed >
      • Impatiens
  • L
    • Lichen families >
      • Acarosporaceae >
        • Pleopsidium
        • Polysporina
      • Alectoriaceae >
        • Alectoria
      • Candelariaceae >
        • Candelariella
      • Cladoniaceae >
        • Cladonia
      • Collemataceae >
        • Leptogium
      • Hymeneliaceae >
        • Aspicilia
      • Lecanoraceae >
        • Lecanora
        • Rhizoplaca
      • Lichinaceae >
        • Lichinella
      • Parmeliaceae >
        • Usnea
        • Xanthoparmelia
      • Peltigeraceae >
        • Peltigera
      • Physciaceae >
        • Physcia
      • Teloschistaceae >
        • Caloplaca
        • Polycauliona
        • Xanthomendoza
        • Xanthoria
      • Umbilicariaceae >
        • Umbilicaria
      • Verrucariaceae >
        • Dermatocarpon
    • Lily >
      • Calochortus
      • Camassia
      • Clintonia
      • Erythronium
      • Fritillaria
      • Lilium
      • Lloydia
      • Prosartes
      • Streptopus
    • Lizardtail >
      • Anemopsis
    • Loasa >
      • Cevallia
      • Eucnide
      • Mentzelia
    • Lopseed >
      • Mimulus
  • M
    • Madder >
      • Galium
      • Houstonia
    • Mallow >
      • Abutilon
      • Allowissadula
      • Bastardia
      • Eremalche
      • Hibiscus
      • Iliamna
      • Malva
      • Sidalcea
      • Sphaeralcea
    • Malpighia >
      • Janusia
    • Mignonette >
      • Reseda
    • Milkwort >
      • Polygala
    • Miner's lettuce >
      • Calyptridium
      • Claytonia
      • Lewisia
      • Montia
    • Mint >
      • Agastache
      • Ajuga
      • Dracocephalum
      • Hedeoma
      • Hyptis
      • Lamium
      • Leonurus
      • Lycopus
      • Marrubium
      • Mentha
      • Monarda
      • Monardella
      • Nepeta
      • Perovskia
      • Poliomintha
      • Prunella
      • Salvia
      • Scutellaria
      • Stachys
      • Teucrium
    • Morning glory >
      • Calystegia
      • Convolvulus
      • Evolvulus
      • Ipomoea
    • Moschatel >
      • Sambucus
      • Viburnum
    • Moss families >
      • Anomodontaceae >
        • Anomodon
      • Bartramiaceae >
        • Philonotis
      • Brachytheciaceae >
        • Brachythecium
        • Homalothecium
      • Bryaceae >
        • Bryum
        • Pohlia
        • Ptychostomum
      • Dicranaceae >
        • Dicranum
      • Encalyptaceae >
        • Encalypta
      • Fabroniaceae >
        • Fabronia
      • Grimmiaceae >
        • Coscinodon
        • Grimmia
        • Schistidium
      • Hedwigiaceae >
        • Hedwigia
      • Hypnaceae >
        • Hypnum
      • Mniaceae >
        • Mnium
      • Orthotrichaceae >
        • Orthotrichum
      • Polytrichaceae >
        • Polytrichum
      • Pottiaceae >
        • Pterygoneurum
        • Syntrichia
        • Tortula
        • Weissia
    • Mushroom
    • Mustard 1 (genus A to D) >
      • Alliaria
      • Alyssum
      • Arabis
      • Barbarea
      • Berteroa
      • Boechera
      • Cakile
      • Camelina
      • Capsella
      • Cardamine
      • Chorispora
      • Conringia
      • Descurainia
      • Dimorphocarpa
      • Dithyrea
      • Draba
      • Dryopetalon
    • Mustard 2 (genus E to Z) >
      • Erysimum
      • Hesperidanthus
      • Hesperis
      • Lepidium
      • Nasturtium
      • Nerisyrenia
      • Noccaea
      • Physaria
      • Rorippa
      • Schoenocrambe
      • Selenia
      • Sinapis
      • Sisymbrium
      • Smelowskia
      • Stanleya
      • Streptanthella
      • Streptanthus
      • Strigosella
      • Thlaspi
      • Turritis
  • N
    • Nettle >
      • Urtica
    • Nightshade >
      • Chamaesaracha
      • Datura
      • Hyoscyamus
      • Lycium
      • Nicotiana
      • Physalis
      • Quincula
      • Solanum
  • O
    • Ocotillo >
      • Fouquieria
    • Oleaster >
      • Elaeagnus
      • Shepherdia
    • Olive >
      • Forestiera
      • Forsythia
      • Fraxinus
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Latin names, Includes aquatics or insectivores …, Includes individuals with specified parts …, Inflorescence types, Leaf types

The family has some members with leaves or leaf arrangements that are (or have):  

Passages in quotes are taken from _Plant Identification Terminology_ by James G. Harris & Melinda Woolf Harris.  
Acaulescent
"Without a stem ... the leaves are apparently all basal."  (Harris & Harris)
Fabaceae-2 (Oxytropis lambertii)
auriculate
The leaves have "small, ear-shaped appendages." (Harris & Harris)  
Parnassiaceae (Parnassia fimbriata)
awl-shaped
Awl-shaped leaves are "short, narrowly triangular, and sharply pointed like an awl."  (Harris & Harris)
Cupressaceae (Juniperus communis)
basal, only
Alliaceae (Allium textile), Amaryllidaceae (Narcissus pseudonarcissus), Ericaceae (Moneses uniflora), Hypoxidaceae (Hypoxis hirsuta), 
Liliaceae (Clintonia uniflora, Erythronium grandiflorum), Orchidaceae (Goodyera longifolia), Polygonaceae (Eriogonum inflatum),
​Primulaceae (Dodecatheon pulchellum)
Bipinnate
Twice pinnate
Apiaceae (Musineon divaricatum)
clasping
Campanulaceae (Triodanis perfoliata)
compound, palmately
The leaf reminds one of a hand with all of the fingers spread apart.    
Fabaceae-2 (Lupinus ammophilus), Hydrophyllaceae (Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum), 
Rosaceae-2 (Potentilla concinna), Sapindaceae (Aesculus hippocastanum)
compound, pinnately
There are matching leaflets on each side of the axis.
Fabaceae-1 (Acacia rigidula), Fabaceae-2 (Lathyrus lanszwertii var. laetivirens), Polemoniaceae (Polemonium foliosissimum), 
Rosaceae-1 (Drymocallis arguta), Rosaceae-2 (Potentilla anserina), Zygophyllaceae (Kalistroemia hirsutissima)
Compound, ternately -- (Trifoliate)
The leaf reminds one of a hand with the three central fingers spread apart.  
Anacardiaceae (Toxicodendron rydbergii), Fabaceae-2 (Trifolium pratense), Oxalidaceae (Oxalis oregana),
Ranunculaceae (Thalictrum occidentale), Rosaceae-1 (Fragaria vesca),  Trilliaceae (Trillium luteum)
Cordate
Cordate leaves are heart-shaped.
Brassicaceae-1 (Cardamine cordifolia), Asteraceae 3.1 (Arnica cordifolia), Ranunculaceae (Caltha leptosepala)
decussate
Decussate leaves are opposite and adjacent pairs of leaves are at right angles with one another.  
Apocynaceae (Asclepias speciosa), Lamiaceae (Monarda fistulosa), Onagraceae (Epilobium hirsutum), Phrymaceae (Mimulus lewisii)
dentate
A dentate leaf is "toothed along the margin, the teeth directed outward rather than forward."  (Harris & Harris)  
Scrophulariaceae (Verbascum blattaria)
Distichous
The leaves are in two vertical rows on opposite sides of the stem.
Fabaceae-1 (Acacia rigidula), Polemoniaceae (Aliciella pinnatifida, Polemonium viscossimum), Rosaceae (Chamaebatiaria millefolium, Potentilla anserina), Ruscaceae (Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule), Simaroubaceae (Ailanthus altissima), Zygophyllaceae (Tribulus terrestris)
entire margins
An entire leaf margin is "not toothed, notched, or divided."  (Harris & Harris) 
Iridaceae (Iris missouriensis), Typhaceae (Typha angustifolia)
fascicled
Leaves that are bundled or clustered. 
Pinaceae (Pinus aristata)
fleshy
Crassulaceae (Rhodiola integrifolia), Liliaceae (Clintonia uniflora), Montiaceae (Lewisia pygmea)
HASTATE
Arrowhead-shaped leaves with the basal lobes turned outwards.
Violaceae (Viola hastata)
Hirsute
Ranunculaceae (Clematis hirsutissima)
Lanceolate
Violaceae (Viola nuttallii)
lEATHERY
Ericaceae (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)
linear
Agavaceae (Leucocrinum montanum), Apocynaceae (Asclepias engelmanniana), Fabaceae-1 (Astragalus australis),
Hypoxidaceae (Hypoxis hirsuta), Nyctaginaceae (Mirabilils linearis var. linearis), Typhaceae (Typha angustifolia)
lobed, palmately
Asteraceae-4 (Ambrosia trifida), Cucurbitaceae (Echinocystis lobata), Geraniaceae (Geranium caespitosum),  
Grossulariaceae (Ribes aureum), Rannunculaceae (Aconitum columbianum), Rosaceae-2 (Physocarpus monogynus)
lobed, pinnately
Asteraceae 4 (Cirsium arvense), Hydrophyllaceae (Phacelia crenulata), Loasaceae (Mentzelia albicaulis)
lyrate
A lyrate leaf has an enlarged terminal lobe (which reminds one of a lyre)  and small lobes at its base. 
Asteraceae 3.1 (Berlandiera lyrata),  Asteraceae-3 (Packera plattensis), Brassicaceae-1 (Barbarea orthoceras), Brassicaceae-2 (Sinapis arvensis), Onagraceae (Chylisma claviformis ssp. claviformis)
Margins, crenate
A crenate leaf margin has rounded teeth.
Ranunculaceae (Ranunculus cardiophyllus)
Margins, doubly-serrate
The edges of a serrated leaf look like the teeth on a saw.
Betulaceae (Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia)
Margins, Serrate
Apiaceae (Angelica ampla), Asteraceae-3.4 (Senecio triangulais), Lamiaceae (Agastache urticifolia), Plantaginaceae (Besseya alpina), Rosaceae (Agrimonia striata)
Margins, spiny
Berberidaceae (Mahonia repens)
needle-like
Cactaceae (Cylindropuntia echinocarpa), Cupressaceae (Juniperus communis), Asteraceae 3.4 (Thymophylla pentachaeta), Caryophyllaceae (Eremogone hookeri),Ericaceae (Phyllodoce breweri), Pinaceae (Picea engelmannii), Plantaginaceae (Penstemon larcifolius ssp. exilifolius), Polemoniaceae (Phlox andicola)
Ocrea
An ocrea is "a sheath around the stem formed from the stipules."   (Harris & Harris)
Polygonaceae (Bistorta bistortoides)
OVAL
Polygonaceae (Eriogonum ovalifolium var. purpureum)
Peltate
A peltate leaf is shield shaped and the stem of the leaf is attached to the middle of the lower surface. 
Araceae (Lemna minor), Berberidaceae (Podophyllum peltatum), Nymphaeaceae (Nuphar polysepala)
perfoliate
A perfoliate leaf completely surrounds the stem.  
Brassicaceae-2 (Lepidium perfoliatum), Caprifoliaceae (Lonicera albiflora), Colchicaceae (Uvularia grandiflora), 
​Montiaceaee (Claytonia rubra), Plantaginaceae (Penstemon palmeri)
Petiolate
A petiole is a leaf stalk.
Cannabaceae (Humulus lupulus), Cleomaceae (Polanisia dodecandra ssp. trachysperma)
Pinnate
A pinnate leaf arrangement has "leaflets arranged on opposite sides of an elongated axis."  (Harris & Harris)  
Zygophyllaceae (Tribulus terrestris)
pleated
Melanthiaceae (Veratrum californicum var. californicum)
Reniform
"Kidney-shaped."  (Harris & Harris)
Polygonaceae (Eriogonum hookeri, Oxyria digyna)
rosettes
A rosette is "a dense radiating cluster of leaves usually at or near ground level."   (Harris & Harris)  
Agavaceae (Agave havardiana), Brassicaceae (Arabis pycnocarpa), Loasaceae (Mentzelia albicaulis), Saxifragaceae (Micranthes rhomboidea)
Rosettes, Basal
Loasaceae (Mentzelia albicaulis)
Sagittate
The leaves are "arrow-head shaped with the basal lobes pointed downward."  (Harris & Harris)
Alismataceae (Sagittaria cuneata), Ranunculaceae (Caltha leptosepala)
Scale-like
A scale is "any thin, flat, scarious structure."  (Harris & Harris)
Cupressaceae (Juniperus scopulorum), Ephedraceae (Ephedra viridis), Equisetaceae (Equisetum arvense)
sessile
"Attached directly, without a supporting stalk, as a leaf without a petiole."  (Harris & Harris)  
Boraginaceae (Mertensia lanceolata) 
sheaths
A sheath is a "portion of the organ which surrounds, at least partly, as the leaf base of a brass surrounds the stem."  (Harris & Harris)
Apiaceae (Angelica grayi), Orchidaceae (Cypripedium parviflorum), Polygonaceae (Persicaria lapathifolia)
simple
A simple leaf blade "is not separated into leaflets (though the blade may be deeply lobed or cleft."  (Harris & Harris)  
Asteraceae-1 (Agoseris auriantaca)
spines
Agavaceae (Yucca baccata), Berberidaceae (Mahonia repens)
Spiraled
Pinaceae (Pinus pungens)
Spatulate
Polygonaceae (Eriogonum alatum, caespitosum), Portulacaceae (Portulaca), Violaceae (Viola bicolor)
spots, red
Euphorbiaceae (Euphorbia dentata)
stinging
Euphorbiaceae (Tragia ramosa), Urticaceae (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis)
Stipulate
A stipule is "one of a pair of leaf-like appendages found at the base of the petiole in some leaves."  (Harris & Harris)
Rosaceae-1 (Geum macrophyllum)
succulent
A succulent leaf is thick and fleshy.
Agavaceae (Agave havardiana), Aizoaceae (Carpobrotus chilensis), Crassulaceae (Sedum lanceolatum), Nyctaginaceae (Abronia latifolia)
sword-shaped
Agavaceae (Yucca glauca), Iridaceae (Iris missouriensis)
Thread-like
Apiaceae (Musineon tenuifolium), Asteraceae 3.4 (Senecio flaccidus), Asteraceae-4 (Hymenopappus fiifolius)
Three-lobed
Grossulariaceae (Ribes aureum)
triangular
Aizoaceae (Carpobrotus chilensis), Amaranthaceae (Chenopodium fremontii)
trifoliate
Cleomaceae (Polanisia dodecandra ssp. trachysperma), Fabaceae-1 (Astragalus tridactylicus)
undulating
Gentianaceae (Frasera paniculata)
veined, palmately
Brassicaceae-1 (Cardamine cordifolia), Grossulariaceae (Ribes cereum), Malvaceae (Malva neglecta), Saxifragaceae (Pectiantia pentandra)
veined, parallel
Cornaceae (Cornus canadensis), Liliaceae (Streptopus amplexifolius), Orobanchaceae (Castilleja occidentalis), 
Plantaginaceae (Plantago lanceolata),  Ruscaceae (Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule)
veined, pinnately
Boraginaceae (Mertensia ciliata), Cornaceae (Cornus alba var. alba), Primulaceae (Lysmachia latifolia), Sapindaceae (Acer negundo)
Veins, recessed
Adoxaceae (Viburnum lantana)
verticillate
See "Whorled."
Vestigial
See "Scale-like."
villous
A villous leaf has long, soft hairs.
Convolvulaceae (Evolvulus nuttallianus)
whorled
Cornaceae (Cornus canadensis), Equisetaceae (Equisetum arvense), Gentianaceae (Frasera speciosa), 
​Polemoniaceae (Polemonium viscosum), Rubiaceae (Gallium aparine), Trilliaceae (Trillium stramineum)
White-margined
Gentianaceae (Frasera paniculata)
wooly
Scrophulariaceae (Verbascum thapsus)
wrinkled
Lamiaceae (Stachys coccinea)

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