The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc.   Plant Image Gallery: Leaf Structures
 
Bundled/Fascicled
Bundled/Fascicled
  A condensed or close bundle or cluster.
Spur branchlets
Spur branchlets
  A short lateral branch with little internode development resulting in closely clustered leaves.
Simple
Simple
  A single leaf with no leaflets.
Compound
Compound
  A leaf with two or more leaflets.
Pinnately compound
Pinnately compound
  Leaflets distributed along both sides of an elongated axis.
Even-Pinnately compound
Even-Pinnately compound
  An even number of leaflets with no terminal leaflet.
Odd-Pinnately compound
Odd-Pinnately compound
  An odd number of leaflets ending in a terminal leaflet.
Bi-pinnately compound
Bi-pinnately compound
  Twice pinnately compound.
Palmately compound
Palmately compound
  Leaflets attached at a single point at the apex of the petiole.
Trifoliolate
Trifoliolate
  Three leaflets.
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