Native Plants
Did you know you can access the Native Plant Information Network with your web-enabled smartphone?
BOTANICAL GLOSSARY
Glossary of commonly used botanical terms and their definitions. Use the search bar below to look up a botanical term.
15 Random Botanical Terms
Superior ovary - An ovary situated above the origin of sepals and petals.
Needle - The long and narrow leaf of pines and related species.
FACW - Facultative Wetland - Hydrophyte. Usually occurs in wetlands, but may occur in non-wetlands.
Hermaphrodite - Bisexual, having both male and female parts in the same flower.
Incomplete flower - A flower lacking one or more of the following: stamens, pistils, petals, sepals.
Special Value to Native Bees - Recognized by pollination ecologists as attracting large numbers of native bees.
AGCP - Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain - NWPL Region
Part Shade - Part shade is classified as a garden receiving 4-6 hours of sun with dappled shade from trees or as approximately 4 hours of sun with shade either in the morning or afternoon. Part shade and part sun are used interchangeably by the horticulture industry.
Endangered - An animal or plant species in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
Internode - The part of the stem between leaves or branches.
Bulb - A thick, rounded, underground organ consisting of layered, fleshy leaves and membranes.
Cactus/Succulent - A plant having leaves and/or stems which are thick and fleshy.
Pappus - The calyx modifications found on many species of Asteraceae (Sunflower Family), commonly appearing as hairs, bristles, or scales, and usually persisting on the fruit.
Regular flower - A flower equal in size, form, and union of its similar parts; radially symmetrical. Example: Solanaceae (Potato Family).
Thorn - A sharp-pointed structure formed by a modified branch.