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Diphasiastrum digitatum is known as groundcedar, running cedar or crowsfoot, along with other members of its genus, but the common name fan clubmoss can be used to refer to it specifically. It is the most common species of Diphasiastrum in North America .
With the blade shape different on each side of the midrib attenuate: attenuatus: leaf base: Having leaf tissue taper down the petiole to a narrow base and always having some leaf material on each side of the petiole auriculate: auriculatus: leaf base: Having ear-shaped appendages reaching beyond the attachment to the petiole or stem (in case of ...
A straight, stiff hair (smooth or with minute teeth); the upper part of an awn (when the latter is bent and has a lower, stouter, and usually twisted part, called the column). brochidodromous Pinnate leaf venation in which the secondary vein s do not terminate at the leaf margin, but are joined in a succession of prominent arcs. brochus. pl. brochi
Zygomorphic – one axis of symmetry running down the middle of the flower so the right and left halves reflect each other. Zygomorphy – the type of symmetry that most irregular flowers have, where the upper half of the flower is unlike the lower half, but the left and right halves tend to be mirror images of each other.
Glechoma hederacea can be identified by its round to reniform (kidney- or fan-shaped), crenate (with round-toothed edges) opposed leaves2–3 cm (3 ⁄ 4 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) diameter, on 3–6 cm (1 + 1 ⁄ 4 – 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) long petioles attached to square stems that root at the nodes.
The leaves are ternate, divided into three leaflets. The basal leaves are largest, borne on long petioles. Each has oval leaflets up to 3 centimeters long which are deeply cut into blunt teeth. Smaller leaves occur higher on the stem. The inflorescence is a cyme of one or more flowers.
The outcry over leaf blowers has grown so loud that in October, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that will spell an end to the use of gas-powered devices in the state.
Houttuynia cordata is a herbaceous perennial plant that can grow to 0.6–1 m (2 ft 0 in – 3 ft 3 in), spreading up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in). [2] [1] The proximal part of the stem is trailing and produces adventitious roots, while the distal part of the stem grows vertically.