Bloom Clock/Descriptions

These are ways of describing plants for the dichotomous keys.

Flowers

 * Color
 * Inflorescence
 * Perianth and calyx number
 * Open/bell-shaped/tubular/etc.
 * Anthers

Fruit

 * fleshy
 * dry
 * pappused
 * capsular

Type

 * Herbaceous
 * Tree
 * Shrub
 * Vine
 * Floating Aquatic

Foliage

 * Complexity
 * simple: bcp/simple leaves
 * pinnately compound: bcp/pinnately compound leaves
 * palmately compound: bcp/palmately compound leaves
 * trifoliate: bcp/trifoliate leaves
 * Arrangement
 * opposite: bcp/opposite leaves
 * alternate: bcp/alternate leaves
 * whorled: bcp/whorled leaves
 * basal leaves only: bcp/basal leaves only
 * glabrous/glaucus/pubescent
 * shape
 * margin
 * petiole
 * sessile
 * petiolate

Stem

 * glabrous/glaucus/pubescent
 * glands/lenticels
 * cross section
 * with/without leaves
 * straight/zig-zag/contorted/etc.

Bark

 * furrowed
 * platy
 * smooth
 * exfoliating
 * color