Native Plants
Botanical Glossary
Glossary of commonly used botanical terms and their definitions.
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| Grass/Grass-like | Having narrow leaves, usually arising from the base of the plant. | |
| Halophyte | A plant which tolerates a salty environment. | |
| Hastate | A triangle with two sides abruptly concave; in the form of two pointed lobes pointing outwards. | |
| Head | A compact cluster of flowers attached to essentially the same point on the peduncle. | head.jpg |
| Herb | A plant species lacking woody tissue when mature. | |
| Herbaceous | Herblike; not woody. | |
| Hermaphrodite | Bisexual, having both male and female parts in the same flower. | |
| Hermaphroditic | Having the properties of a hermaphrodite, with both male and female structures located within the same flower. | |
| Imperfect flower | A flower bearing either stamens or pistils, but not both. | |
| Incomplete flower | A flower lacking one or more of the following: stamens, pistils, petals, sepals. | |
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