node -- The point at which there is attached growth, as in the place where each leaf is attached.

Axillary bud growing from the armpit of the plant.

A perennial plant lives and blooms for many years.

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

Usually green, sepals typically function as protection for the flower in bud, and often as support for the petals when in bloom.

glaucous -- Pale gray or bluish-green. It can mean covered with a greyish, bluish or whitish coating.

capsule -- a type of simple, dry fruit produced by many species of flowering plants. In most cases the capsule splits apart to release seeds.

fruit -- any seed-bearing structure in flowering plants. It is formed from the ovary after flowering.

obcordate -- Heart-shaped, with the stem attaching to the tapering point.

petiole -- the stalk of a leaf.

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

rhizome -- root-like stems that may either grow horizontally at the soil surface or in other orientations underground.