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ANTHER
The part of the stamen that produces pollen.

COMPOUND
Composed of two (2) or more similar and united parts, as leaf with two or more leaflets. A clover leaf is a compound leaf. It has three (sometimes four) leaflets.

COROLLA
The petals of a flower

DRUPE
A fleshy fruit, usually single-seed, with the inner portion of the fruit wall forming a hard "stone" enclosing the seed.

FILAMENT
The stalk bearing the anther.

NUTLET
Small nut.

PINNAE
Leaflet in a once-compound leaf; a primary division of a twice-compound leaf.

PUBESCENT
Hairy

SPIKE
A flower stalk that is usually unbranched and simple.

STAMEN
The male part of a flower, usually consisting of a filament and a pollen-bearing anther.

STELLATE
Star-shaped, as in plant hairs with radiating branches.

TUBER
A swollen/thickened portion of an underground stem, as in a potato, or less often of an aerial stem, as in air potato.

Langeland, K. A. and Burks K. C. 1998. Identification and Biology of Non-Native Plants in Florida's Natural Areas. University of Florida, Gainesville.

Bell, C. R. and Taylor, B. J. 1982. Florida Wild Flowers and Roadside Plants.

Hunt, S. 1977. Dig Manual: A Guide to the Identification and Selection of Florida Ornamental Plants. Tallahassee: Florida Dept of Education, Florida State University, Career Education Center.

Tobe, J. D. Ph. D., Burks, K. C., Cantrell, R. W., 1998. Florida Wetland Plants: An Identification Manual.

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