Other Leaf Shape Types
- acicular: needle shaped
- acuminate: tapering to a long point
- alternate: leaflets arranged alternately
- aristate: with a spine-like tip
- bipinnate: leaflets also pinnate
- cordate: heart-shaped with the notch towards the stalk
- elliptic: oval-shaped, small or no point
- flabelate: fan shaped
- lanceolate: pointed at both ends
- linear: parallel margins, elongate
- lobed: deeply indented margins
- obovate: egg-shaped, narrow at base
- orbicular: circular
- ovate: egg-shaped, wide at base
- palmate: like a hand with fingers
- pinnate-even: leaflets in rows, two at tip
- pinnate-odd: leaflets in rows, one at tip
- trifoliate: leaflets in threes
- tripinnate: leaflets also bipinnate