retuse |
|
apex |
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Round overall with an obtuse terminal sinus. |
corniculate |
= horned |
apex |
|
Bearing one or more cornicula (horns). |
cone-shaped |
= conic(al) |
apex |
|
Transversely round, essentially triangular in median longitudinal section, and broadest proximally. See also obconic(al). |
barbed 1 |
|
apex |
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Terminated by a small, relatively stiff, acutely reflexed, hook-like structure. |
sharp |
= acute |
apex |
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Acutely angular; regularly and more or less straightly attenuate to an angular tip, the sides intersecting at an angle of less than 90°. |
truncate 1 |
= abrupt |
apex |
|
Having a distal boundary that is generally straight or plane and approximately perpendicular to the central axis. |
hooked |
= hamate, uncinate |
apex |
|
Having a recurved terminal portion that resembles a hook. |
piliferous |
|
apex |
|
Having a distinct, fine, weak, hair-like portion or protrusion. |
conic(al) |
= cone-shaped |
apex |
|
Transversely round, essentially triangular in median longitudinal section, and broadest proximally. See also obconic(al). |
rostellate |
= small-beaked |
apex |
|
Diminutively rostrate (beaked). |
spinose 1 |
|
apex |
|
Terminating in a rigid, tapering, sharp continuation of the central primary vein. See also spinulose. |
praemorse |
|
apex |
|
Truncate with the distal margin irregular or ragged, as if chewed. |
small-beaked |
= rostellate |
apex |
|
Diminutively beaked (rostrate). |
horned |
= corniculate |
apex |
|
Bearing one or more horns (cornicula). |
bristled |
= aristate, awned |
apex |
|
Bearing one or more bristles (aristae, awns, setae). |
rostrate |
= beaked |
apex |
|
Terminating in a relatively long, tapering, more or less rigid point. See also rostellate (small-beaked). |
crested |
= cristate |
apex |
|
Having a laterally elongate, relatively thin, irregular or notched protrusion. |
spinulose |
|
apex |
|
Finely spinose. |
caudate 1 |
= tailed |
apex |
laminar structure |
Terminating in a relatively long, flexible, narrowly acuminate tip composed of laminar tissue. |
blunt 1 |
= obtuse |
apex |
|
Bluntly angular; having an angular tip whose generalized sides intersect at an angle of 90° or more. |
hamate |
= hooked, uncinate |
apex |
|
Having a recurved terminal portion that resembles a hook. |
aristate 2 |
|
apex |
pappus scale |
Terminating in one or more awn- or bristle-like appendages. |
uncinate |
= hamate, hooked |
apex |
|
Having a recurved terminal portion that resembles a hook. |
tailed 1 |
= caudate |
apex |
laminar structure |
Terminating in a relatively long, flexible, narrowly acuminate tip composed of laminar tissue. |
acrid 1 |
= pungent |
apex |
|
Terminating abruptly in a rigid, relatively short, sharp point composed of both vascular and laminar tissues. |