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E3 Families

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Main inflorescence in spikelet with lemma, palea, glume Grains Hollow, circular stems Poaceae
Sedges (have edges) triangular stems Have spikes, each flower with one bract (aka scales) (modified leaves) 2-3 stamens; 2-3 styles Achene Cyperaceae
Most like Liliaceae Rushes (are round) round stems Cymes, panicles, heads 6 tepals (usually brown, sometimes pink) 6 stamens; 3 carpels; capsule fruit Juncaceae
Woody plant Alternate leaves, small stipules Nut with cup or bur (like acorns) Fagaceae
Woody plant Alternate leaves Doubly serrate leaves Both male and female catkins Achenes Betulaceae
Woody plant Alternate, pinnately compound leaves Male catkins Juglandaceae
Herbaceous Schizocarp capsules Beak on fruit 5-merous Geraniaceae
Herbaceous 4-merous Very inferior ovary Tend to open in the evening rather than morning Onagraceae
Woody plant Compound leaves Milky sap (toxic) Drupe Cashew or sumac family Anacardiaceae
Umbrella family Woody plant Flowers often in large groups (racemes or panicles) Tend towards capsules but not always Sapindaceae
Aka Crussiferae Silliques 4 long, 2 short stamens Brassicaceae
5 sepals and petals; superior ovary Capsules Hairy seeds Showy flowers Tube of stamens (many) Malvaceae
Ocrea (clear stipules) Swollen nodes Small, green flowers Basal placentation Achenes Polygonaceae
Hemiparasitic (like mistletoe) with Haustoria One perianth whorl, stamens fused to corolla Fleshy fruit Santalaceae
Opp. leaves Swollen nodes 5-merous Free central placentation Caryophyllaceae
Sepals that look like petals Racemes and berries Herbaceous with red stem when mature Phytolaccaceae
Basal placentation Small green or brown flowers Amaranthaceae
2 sepals, 5 petals and stamens, 3 carpels Succulent herbaceous plants Portulacaceae
Spiny succulents Spiny berries, often edible Mostly no leaves Deserts or glades Solitary flower Cactaceae
Veins curve up along edge of leaves (arcuate venation)\ 4-merous Inferior ovary Drupes Cornaceae
Acidic soil Alternate, simple leaves Showy flowers, petals connate Ericaceae
Radial Flowers Herbaceous 5-merous Capsules Free Central Placentation Primulaceae
Woody plants, often armed Leaves alternate, compound with oil glands (dots) Nectar disk 4-5 sepals and petals; 8-10 stamens; 4-5 carpels; superior ovary Hesperidium, capsule, drupe, samara Rutaceae
Phlox Twisted in bud flowers Petals form tube Polemoniaceae
Very connected petals (connate) Berries and capsules Solanaceae
Viney plants Alternate leaves, funnel corollas Milky sap Nectary disk Tubular, often funnelform Convolvulaceae
5-merous Scorpioid cyme inflorescence 4 nutlets Radial flowers, connate petals Gynobasic style Boraginaceae
4 nutlets Square stems Opposite leaves Irregular flowers Minty smell Lamiaceae
Bluettes 4 or 5-merous, petals fused Inferior ovary Opposite or whorled leaves Berry, drupe, capsules, schizocarp Rubiaceae
Stylar head Hairy seeds 2 follicles Milky sap Milkweeds have pollinia Apocynaceae
Leaves opposite or whorled Slightly bilateral 5-merous but 4 stamens Spikes Fruit a drupe with nutlets Verbenaceae
Split into families Herbaceous Snapdragon family but snap dragon isn't in it anymore Bilateral flowers Opposite and/or alternate leaves Capsules with 2 carpels Scrophulariaceae
Parasitic, some hemiparasitic versions of scrophulariaceae Haustoria Showy, irregular flowers Capsules Orobanchaceae
Basal leaves Spikes of green around flowers Reduced flowers Circumscissile capsule Plantaginaceae s.s.
Big, showy flowers Woody plants Capsules (long and thin) Seeds tend to be winged Bignonaceae
Olive family Subopposite leaves Tends towards drupes Oleaceae
Dioecious Woody plants Alternate leaves Sessile stigma Drupes Aquifoliaceae
Dissected leaves Petioles sheathing Aka Umbelliferae Umbles Schizocarp achenes Apiaceae
Fragrance Inferior ovary Opposite leaves Bilateral corolla Nectar Caprifoliaceae
Heads with disk and ray flowers Asteraceae
Split a lot Very showy flowers Capsules or berries Liliaceae
Split from Liliaceae Simple, spirally arranged leaves Sword shaped leaves Agavaceae/Asparagaceae
Palmate leaves (palms) Unbranching trees Spadix or spike Drupes Arecaceae
Flowers usually a spade Inferior ovary 3 stamens Flat leaves Capsules Iridaceae
Pollinia Labellum Column Orchidaceae
Herbaceous Linear leaves Superior ovary Capsules Spathe Hairy filaments Commelinaceae
Large wetland herbaceous Flattened leaves Ovary superior, stalked Doubly spadix Typhaceae
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