Flowering Plant Terminology

The images that follow are from Flora of the Chicago Region, 4th edition (1994, by Floyd Swink and Gerould Wilhelm), copyright by the Indiana Academy of Sciences. For that reason, all users of these images should give appropriate credit to the Indiana Academy, Floyd Swink (deceased) and Jerry Wilhelm.

These images were accessed through vPlants, at www.vplants.org. vPlants is a cooperative, continuing project involving The Morton Arboretum, the Field Museum of Natural History and the Chicago Botanic Garden. The project is funded through the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

The intention of the vPlants project is to provide an expanding, comprehensive database which eventually may involve plants over a wider region.

--Ross C. Clark, Jan. 2007

stem and root types

Leaf composition,parts, and types

leaf shapes

Leaf margins

Leaf apices, venation, and bases

surface features

Stem and leaf featuresand variations

inflorescence types

Flower structure

Flower structure

corolla types and features

fruit types

Sedge, grass, and composite special

features