anthonywalton's Journal

5-merous flowers (radial symmetry)
Corolla forming tube at base
Stamens fused to petals
1 pistil, 2 carpels
Overlapping, leaf-like sepals
Simple, alternate leaves

Umbular inflorescence
Corolla forming tube, tapering sharply towards base
3 petals, 3 sepals, 6 stamens
Petals and sepals very similar
Ovary inferior/ superior
Stigma 3-lobed
1 pistil with 3 (partitioned) carpels
Fruit: Dry capsule
Bulbous storage organs (underground)

3 petals, 3 sepals, 6 stamens
Petals and sepals very similar
1 pistil, 3 (partitioned) carpels

3 petals, 3 sepals
Petals and sepals indistinguishable (6 tepals)
Superior ovary
1 pistil with 3 (partitioned) carpels
Fruit: Capsule

5 petals, 5 sepals
Petals and sepals separate and distinct
10-15 stamens
Styles on pistil fused together (at base)
Superior ovary
1 pistil with 5 (partitioned) carpels
Fruit: Schizocarp (peeling from bottom)

5 fused petals, 5 fused sepals
Petals and sepals separate and distinct
Petals 2-lipped (2 lobes up, 3 lobes down)
4 stamens (1 shorter than the others)
Superior ovary
1 pistil with 2 (partitioned) carpels
Fruit: Capsule

Flowers clustered in terminal or axillary whorls
5 fused petals, 5 fused sepals
Petals and sepals separate and distinct
Petals 2-lipped (2 lobes up, 3 lobes down)
(Flower shape irregular)
4 stamens (2 shorter than the others)
1 pistil with 2 (partitioned) carpels
Fruit: Schizocarp
Stalk often square (4-angled)
Simple, opposite leaves

Rounded, smooth-surfaced, opposite leaves (simple)
Domatia in axils of main lateral veins
Leafy, deciduous stipules (leaving circular scar upon falling off)

Terminal sections of tertiary veins of leaf underside forming minute reticular patterns
Leaf margins often toothed

Corolla forming a tube
5 fused petals
5 stamens
Sepals persistent
Leaves alternate, simple
Leaves with sandpaper (rough) texture
Twigs rounded