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subobtusus leaf tip or base
Somewhat blunted;
neither blunt nor
sharp subulate subulatus leaf tip Awl-shaped with a
tapering point terete 3-D
shape Cylindrical...
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subtend To
stand beneath or
close to, as in a
bract at the base of a flower.
subulate Narrow and
tapering gradually to a fine point.
succulent 1. Juicy or fleshy...
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white flowers which are
about 2 cm (3⁄4 inch) in diameter. The
bracts are
subulate (tapering to a point), 1-6 mm. Each
flower is
carried by a
pedicel (single...
- are sharp,
razorlike and
finely serrulate, apex
narrowly acute to short-
subulate. Each
fascicle has a
deciduous sheath 1.5-2.0 cm long
which is shed early...
- Goloquids0.1–1 cm long,
greenish yellow.
Thorns 3–8 cm,
increasing with age,
subulated,
slightly angulated, divergent, not adpressed,
flattened but not twisted...
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insert at the
junction of the
floral tube and
ovary wall, with
filaments subulate or clavate. As in
other primitive eudicots, some of the 5 or 10 stamens...
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forming a thick,
dense mat with
stems less than 10 cm long, and
slender subulate (awl-shaped)
leaves up to 1 cm long. The
flowers are 4–5 mm in diameter...
- 6–4 mm; sti****s up to 2–3.5 mm,
shorter or
longer than petiole,
subulate or triangular-
subulate, apex
often piliferous,
glabrous or more or less hairy, green...
- gr****es that grow in arid regions.
Their leaves (30–40 centimetres long) are
subulate (awl-shaped, with a
tapering point). The leaf tips,
which are high in silica...
- placentation, 1
ovule in each chamber;
style gynobasic, long;
stigma bifid subulate,
upper lobe
minute or obsolete.
Fruit The
fruit of L.
aspera is 2.5 mm...
