nerves -- Another name for a vein.

An entire leaf has smooth edges. Not toothed or lobed.

A perennial plant lives and blooms for many years.

pinnatifid -- A leaf shape that is pinnately lobed but not cut all the way to the axis.

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

lobe -- A rounded parts of a leaf (or other organ).

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

subalpine -- Just below the timberline.

A panicle is a much-branched inflorescence. The bottom flowers in a panicle open first.

ovate -- Oval, egg-shaped, with a tapering point.

style -- This is a long and thread-like structure that connects the stigma with the ovary. A flower may have a single style, or several of them.

obovate -- Teardrop-shaped, stem attaches to tapering point.

dioecious -- When male and female reproductive structures are on separate plants.

taproot -- The primary decending root of a plant.

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

linear -- Long and very narrow like a blade of grass.

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

montane -- inhabiting mountainous country but below timberline.

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

meadow -- Large grass and wildflower filled area with few, if any, trees.