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15 Cards in this Set
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Iridaceae (The Iris Family)
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Characteristics:
-bulbs or other storage organs -Long, thin leaves -6 petals in two rings -3 stamens |
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Liliaceae (The Lily Family)
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Characteristics:
-bulbs or other storage organs -long, thin leaves -6 petals -6 stamen |
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Orchidaceae (The Orchid Family)
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Characteristics:
-anther contents dispersed as a unit= pollinium -only 140 native to the United States and Canada -individual species rarely abundant. -Vanilla comes from the orchid plant |
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Poaceae (The Grass Family)
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Characteristics:
- includes prominent world crops such as rice, wheat, and corn -wind pollinated flowers, produce endosperm rich seeds |
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Apiaceae (The Carrot Family)
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Characteristics:
-hollow stems -small flowers in umbels -flowers with 5 petals |
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Apocynaceae (The Periwinkle Family)
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Characteristics:
-simple leaves -milky sap -5 part calyx -5 large petals joined at the base -5 stamens |
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Asteraceae (The Sunflower Family)
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Characteristics:
-flowers composed of ray and disk florets -ray florets may be carpellate but sometimes sterile. -showy display to attract pollinators |
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Brassicaceae (The Mustard Family)
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Characteristics:
-four petalled flowers in a cross shape -clusters of flowers -papery membrane dividing a two-chambered seed capsule |
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Geraniaceae (The Cranesbill Family)
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Characteristics:
-blue, mauve, red, pink or white (not YELLOW)flowers with 5 petals -beaked seed capsule |
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Lamiaceae (The Mint Family)
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Characteristics:
-square stems -leaves in pairs up the stem -flowers in circles round the stem -aromatic foliage |
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Leguminosae (The Pea Family)
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Characteristics:
-pea flowers -nodules on roots -pinnate leaves -seeds in pods |
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Malvaceae (The Mallow Family)
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Characteristics:
-large flowers with 5 unjoined petals -stamens divided style protruding from the centre of the flower |
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Papaveraceae (The Poppy Family)
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Characteristics:
-two sepals enclosing the flower -bud, which fall off when it opens -four brightly- coloured petals -many stamen -rounded seed pod forming inside the flower |
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Ranunculaceae (The Buttercup Family)
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Characteristics:
-five coloured sepals instead of petals (except buttercups) -divided leaves -non-woody tissue |
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Magnoliids
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Characteristics:
-monocot-like pollen, eudicot-like leaves -aromatic oil cells -ancestors of eudicots and monocots |
