-
lesser degree,
along the stem.
Basal Arising from the base of the plant.
Cauline Attached to the
aerial stem.
Opposite Two leaves, branches, or
flower parts...
- sheathed, circinate,
covered with
sessile and
pedunculated glands. The
caulines are sessile, alternate, the
upper bracteiform.
Flowers are on top, racemiform...
-
support themselves by
means of
shoots that
twist around a
support or
through cauline or
foliar tendrils.
Plants can be heliophytes, mesophytes, or xerophytes...
- from the base, glabrous.
Leaves similar to paper, glabrous. The
middle cauline leaves petiolate,
petiole 3-6 cm; leaf
blade divided almost at the base...
- stalk, stem caulescent, caulicle, cauliflorous, cauliflory, cauliform,
cauline,
choux †cauliculus caulicul-
causa caus-, -cus- motive,
accusation accusal...
-
typically have two to six leaves, some
species up to 12. The tulip's leaf is
cauline (born on a stem), strap-shaped, with a waxy coating, and the
leaves are...
- and are
divided into: Protohemicryptophytes: only
cauline foliage;
Partial rosette plants: both
cauline and
basal rosette foliage; and
Rosette plants: only...
-
caulescent possessing a well-developed stem
above ground,
similar to
cauline. Antonym:
acaulescent (lacking an
apparent stem).
cauliflory Having flowers...
- to 250 mm (10 in) long, bi- to
tripinnate with long petioles, with the
cauline leaves (those on the stem) smaller, 50–100 mm (2–4 in) long, less divided...
-
whorled (three or more
attached at one node, e.g. Lilium, Fritillaria),
cauline (arranged
along the
aerial stem) or
sheathed in a
basal rosette. They are...
