oblanceolate -- top wider than bottom

A leaf is compound when multiple leaflets are on the same stem.

A perennial plant lives and blooms for many years.

midrib -- The central and most prominent vein of a leaf or leaf-like thing.

achene -- a type of simple dry fruit produced by many species of flowering plants. For example, a rose hip holds a few achenes.

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

pubescent -- downy; covered with short, soft, erect hairs.

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

serrate -- toothed with asymmetrical teeth pointing forward; like the cutting edge of a saw.

Like the teeth on a saw, leaves and other surfaces can have toothed edges.

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

pinnate -- A compound leaf with two rows of leaflets.

elliptic -- Oval, with no point or a very short point.

palmate -- Consisting of leaflets or lobes radiating from the base of the leaf.

caudex -- The woody stem base of some herbaceous perennials.

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

oblong -- Having an elongated form with somewhat parallel sides. Rectangular.