
The terms listed here are just a drop in the bucket. See the links page for more info on botanical terms.
While there are many different flower shapes, for simplicity I use the 5 basic shapes from my field guide.
A cluster is a tightly formed group of flowers. 4 basic shapes are used at this site (not counting composite flowers, which are also technically clusters):
Leaves are attached to the main stem in a number of different ways and some plants will have more than one type of attachment. For simplicity, I use just the following:
There are many leaf shapes, but only 2 basic types: