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A dehiscent fruit is one that falls to the ground with its seeds in it.

An example of a marcescent-leaved plant is Acer floridanum, the leaves of which remain on the plant for quite some time after they have died.

Landscape design is not scientific, but aesthetic.

The capital “X” is used within a scientific name to designate a plant is a hybrid of some kind.

To make your own key, it is best to first create a data matrix.

The three recognizable parts one sees when cutting through a bell pepper are:

Mulberries and raspberries look very much alike, but one comes from many flowers, the other from a single flower.

Zea (corn), Oryza (rice), and Triticum (wheat) all belong to which family:

A leaf with a small point formed by the continuation of a leaf’s midrib is called:

Rhizomes and stolons are not completely different from one another, because in various plants their features can overlap.  The features generally associated with a stolon, though, are its growth underground, use as a perennating structure, and serving as the main plant body.