A perennial plant lives and blooms for many years.

cauline leaves -- leaves growing on a stem and especially on the upper part.

A herb is a plant whose stems die back to the ground in the winter.

montane -- inhabiting mountainous country but below timberline.

terminal -- Located at the end (the tip or the apex).

stalk -- The supporting structure of an organ. Examples of stalks are stem, peduncle, petiole, ...

basal leaves -- a leaf that grows lowest on the stem of a plant.

ternate -- Leaves in groups of three. Whorls of three. Three leaflets.

In an opposite leaf arrangement the leaves come in pairs with one leaf on each side of a stem.

genus -- A subdivision of a botanical Family in which all members have a significant number of similar characteristics.

palmately lobed -- with lobes spread radially from a point.

leaflets -- Each little leaf-like thing in a compound leaf is a leaflet.

lobe -- Being divided by clefts.