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    Leaf 10503

    Margins
    V 101814

    Margins (10503) only applies to Leaf Type: Bladed (10501).


    KEY
    Entire
    Margin continuous,
    Margins not toothed, notched,
    lobed, or divided.

    Ciliate Dentate Lobed

    Leaf toothed,
    Margin toothed, notched, lobed, or
    notched, lobed, or incised less than half
    divided.
    Crenate Cleft Sinuate the distance to the
    base or midvein.

    Crenellate Denticulate Entire

    Palmatifid Digitate Erose

    Leaf lobed, divided,


    or incised half or
    more the distance to
    the base midvein.
    Dissected Incised

    Note
    The leaf margin is the boundary area extending
    along the edge of the leaf, but be aware that
    variation exists among plants within the same
    species.

    LEAF MARGINS
    Name
    10502 V 101814

    Crisped
    Margin not distinctly Margin tightly wavy, Sinuate
    toothed or lobed, producing a crinkled
    merely wavy. appearance.

    Sinuate
    Margin loosely wavy,
    producing a
    smoother
    appearance.
    Bidentate

    Margin distinctly Leaf toothed or lobed Apex with two teeth


    toothed or lobed. only at the apex. or lobes.

    Tridentate

    Apex with three teeth


    or lobes.
    Cleft

    Leaf toothed or lobed Margin coarsely Margin irregularly


    below the apex. lobed or cleft. cleft.

    Lobed

    Margin regularly
    lobed.

    Crenate

    Margin finely toothed Margin not sharply


    or lobed. toothed.
    Erose

    Bipartite Margin sharply Margin irregularly


    toothed. toothed.
    Leaf parted or Leaf divided at the Serrate
    divided only at the apex into two
    apex. sections
    Margin regularly Teeth directed
    toothed. forward.
    Trifid
    Leaf divided at the Dentate
    apex into three
    sections
    Teeth directed
    Digitate outward.

    Leaf parted or Leaf divisions


    Leaf palmately lobed
    divided below the resembling the
    or divided.
    apex. fingers of a hand.

    Palmatifid
    Leaf divisions not
    particularly
    resembling the
    fingers of a hand.

    Dissected
    Leaf divided into
    Leaf pinnately lobed Leaf irregularly cleft
    many very narrow
    or divided. or divided.
    segments.
    Incised
    Leaf segments
    Leaf divided more directed outward or
    broadly. forward.

    Runcinate

    Leaf segments
    directed backward.

    Pinnatisect

    Leaf regularly cleft Leaf cleft to the


    or divided. midvein.

    Pinnatifid

    Leaf not cleft to the


    midvein.

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