tree shrub herbaceous plant climbing plant grass fern, spore plant

white yellow red, pink or purple blue, purple, violet green, brown or unimpressive orange

1cm -10cm 10cm - 30cm 30cm - 60cm 60cm - 100cm 1m - 1,5m 1,5m - 3m 3m - 5m 5m - 10m 10m - 20m 20m - 30m 30m - 50m

1 - 2 3 - 4 5 - 6 7 - 8 9 - 10 11 - 12

3 4 5 5 6 lots

radial radial radial cruciform with 4 petals (e.g.: crucifers) flower of two mirror-like halves flower of two mirror-like halves flower of two mirror-like halves flower of two mirror-like halves flower of two mirror-like halves flower of two mirror-like halves cup-shaped, bell-shaped, funnel-shaped cup-shaped, bell-shaped, funnel-shaped

meadows, lawns, heath and pastures acres, grain fields, fallow land, vineyards walls, rocks, crevices forests, forest edges, bushes, clearings, embankments, perennial bush-fields gardens and parks scree and gravel plazas, paths, weed-fields, disturbed locations sea beaches and coasts, dunes, salt marshes waters, bogs, swamps, wet meadows, moats shores, embankments low mountain range > 600m Alps > 900m Alps > 1600m in the water

parallel netted

divided divided undivided undivided

basal leafs rosette / basal leafs middle stem leaves opposite medium stem leaves alternate leaves whorled, (e.g.: Galium odoratum = woodruff)

whole bordered, entire dented notched serrated sawed twice sinuate corrugated, undulate

ovate, obovate, pointed ovate ovate, obovate, pointed ovate ovate, obovate, pointed ovate heart-shaped heart-shaped roundish, elliptical, kidney-shaped oblong, linear, lanceolate, spatulate needle-shaped (mainly conifers) arrow-shaped, pike-shaped, wedge-shaped, triangular arrow-shaped, pike-shaped, wedge-shaped, triangular arrow-shaped, pike-shaped, wedge-shaped, triangular briefly indented or cut, e.g.: ivy deeply indented or incised, e.g.: sycamore maple deeply indented or incised, e.g.: sycamore maple low lobed, pinnatipartit, pinnately parted (not divided to midrib) pinnatisect, pinnately divided (divided to midrib) pinnate, double pinnate triple or multiple pinnate (especially ferns) pairipinnate, even pinnate (terminal leaflet missing at the leaf tip) unpaired pinnate, imparipinnate, odd-pinnate (with terminal leaflet or tendril) unpaired pinnate, imparipinnate, odd-pinnate (with terminal leaflet or tendril) threefold pinnate hand-feathered, fingered, palmatisect, palmately divided handförmig geteilt

Plant conspicuously strongly hairy

white yellow red blue green black orange

raceme ear and whorl panicle umbelike panicle screw / wrap simple umbel double umbel compound umbel heads, composite flower, single flower endive, single flower piston kitten / cones