Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
14 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
- 3rd side (hint)
|
Portulacaceae
|
Stem: herb, often low growing
Leaves: succulent Corolla: 5 petals (really sepals) Calyx: 2 sepals (really bracts) Stamens: 5, opposite petals Ovary: Free Central Placentation |
|
|
Caryophyllaceae
|
Stem: herb
Leaves: simple, alternate Corolla: pink, pinked, 4 or 5-ous Calyx: 4 or 5 Stamens: 5-10 Ovary: Free Central Placentation |
|
|
Aizoaceae
|
Stem: herb
Leaves: succulent, opposite Corolla: 0-many Calyx: many Stamens: many Ovary: 3 carpels, inferior |
|
|
Molluginaceae
|
Similar to ice plants, but not succulent
|
|
|
Cactaceae
|
Stem: succulent
Leaves: modified into spines Corolla: many Calyx: many Stamens: many Ovary: inferior |
|
|
Chenopodiaceae
|
Stem: herb or shrubby,
Leaves: scurfy Corolla: 0 Calyx: 0-5, reduced, green Stamens: 0-5 Ovary: one seeded |
|
|
Amaranthaceae
|
Stem: herb
Leaves: opposite Corolla: 0 Calyx: 5 sepals, spiny bracts Stamens: 0-5 Ovary: 1 seed |
|
|
Nyctaginaceae
|
Stem: swollen nodes
Leaves: opposite Corolla: 0 Calyx: fused, 4 or 5 petalloid sepals, sepaloid bracts Stamens: 5 Ovary: Superior, appears to be between corolla and calyx but isn't |
|
|
Polygonaceae
|
Stem: stipules forming papery sheath on swollen nodes. (not in CA)
Corolla: 0 Calyx: multiples of 3 Stamens: 2-9 Ovary: 3 carpels Fruit: triangular achenes |
|
|
Plumbaginaceae
|
Stem: herb
Corolla: 5 united petals, plicate Calyx: 5 sepals Stamens: 5 Ovary: 5 carpels |
|
|
Paeoniaceae
|
similar to ranunculaceae
Stamens: many Fruit: 3 follicles |
|
|
Malvaceae
|
Stem: various,
Leaves: palmately veined, stellate hairs Corolla: 5 Calyx: 5 Stamens: many, fused into tube Pistil: 5 fused inside tube |
|
|
Bombacaceae
|
Similar to Mallows
Stem: woody, trees Corolla: absent, 5merous, or bilateral Stamens: fused or seperate Fruit: Capsule |
|
|
Sterculiaceae
|
Similar to Mallows
Stem: woody Corolla: 0 or 5 Calyx: petalloid sepals Stamens: 5-10 Ovary: 4-5 carpels Fruit: Woody Follicle |
