Plant Family Descriptions

PLANT FAMILY DESCRIPTIONS

Identify the plant family based on the descriptions in the question

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#1. Flowers bilateral papilionaceous "butterfly-like" separate petals

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Fabaceae (legume family)

#2. Flowers bilateral two-lipped, fused petals

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Lamiaceae (mint family)

#3. Inflorescence a head that looks like a single flower

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Asteraceae (aster family)

#4. Aromatic herbs, hollow furrowed stems, alt. compound lvs w/sheathing bases

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Apiaceae (parsley family)

#5. Fruit is a "schizocarp" (splits into two 1-seeded halves)

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Apiaceae (carrot family)

#6. Flowers with numerous stamens and carpels, hypanthium; leaves with stipules

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Rosaceae (rose family)

#7. Fruit is an achene, dispersal aided by pappus

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Asteraceae (aster family)

#8. Flowers of 4 sepals, 4 petals, 6 stamens (4+2)

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Brassicaceae (mustard family)

#9. Fruit 4 nutlets

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Lamiaceae (mint family)

#10. Inflorescence a compound umbel

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Apiaceae (parsley family)

#11. Which family has this flower formula?

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Fabaceae (legume family)

#12. Our most deadly poisonous plants (hemlock, for example)

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Apiaceae (carrot family)

#13. Flowers 3-merous with sepals and petals identical

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Liliaceae (lily family)

#14. Lentil, peas, soy and other beans

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Fabaceae (legume family)

#15. Fruit a silique or silicle (modified capsule)

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Brassicaceae (mustard family)

#16. Which family has the following flower formula?

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Apiaceae (carrot family)

#17. Flowers with numerous stamens and carpels, hypogynous; leaves without stipules

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Ranunculaceae (buttercup family)

#18. Fruit a legume

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Fabaceae (legume family)

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