Life Form
Not Selected Tree Shrub Cactus Herbaceous non-grass (Forb) Grass Succulent Climbing vines

Leaf Arrangement
Not Selected Opposite Alternate Fascicled Whorled Arrangement hard to tell or basal

Leaf Format
Not Selected Simple Pinnate Bipinnate Bifoliolate Palmate

Leaf (or leaflet) edge
Not Selected Smooth Not smooth (toothed, rough, etc.)

Leaf (or leaflet) surface
Not Selected Smooth Rough Hairy Scaly Sticky

Overall leaf (or leaflet) shape
Not Selected Oval Triangular Lance shaped Linear (very narrow) Spoon shaped Very narrow and long Very narrow and short Grasslike Very long grasslike Heart-shaped Other

Leaf outline
Not Selected Lobed (pinnatifid) Lobed (not pinnatifid) Not lobed

Spines
Not Selected Straight Curved Thorns None

Flower color
Not Selected Yellow Red Orange Lavender Pink or magenta Blue or violet White Greenish Cream Brown Other

Flower noticeability
Not Selected Showy Inconspicuous

Flower type
Not Selected Like a daisy or sunflower Rayless composite Irregular, non-tubular Irregular, tubular Regular, tubular Saucer-shaped Other

Flower petal number
Not Selected obviously 5 obviously 4 obviously 6 or 3 indeterminate or hard to tell or none

Cactus shape
Not Selected Continuous tall column (ribbed) Continuous short column (ribbed, includes barrel and ball shapes) Tree-shaped with pads Tree-shaped with cylindrical joints Sprawling pads Sprawling with cylindrical joints