- well-developed in a
basal aggregation on an
erect stem. They are
alternate and
tristichous (i.e., with
three rows of
leaves up the stem, each row of
leaves arising...
-
opposite in
their attachment. The term, 2-ranked, is equivalent. The terms,
tristichous and tetrastichous, are
sometimes encountered. For example, the "leaves"...
- leaf
composition with
alternating leaf
arrangement in a
rosette and
tristichous.
Leaves are flexible, dark green, have
parallel leaf veins, have no smell...
- black,
fibrous bases of old
spirally arranged leaves, four-ranked or
tristichous, as in the
closely related family Juncaceae, a
family in
which it was...
-
Meesia uliginosa may be
distinguished from M.
triquetra by its lack of
tristichous growth habit,
relatively wide costa,
entire and
revolute leaf margins...
-
ovate to lanceolate,
somewhat crispate (contorted), 2–3½ mm long, and
tristichous (in
three obvious ranks). The leaf
margins are
sharply serrate or denticulate...
