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attending

[uh-ten-ding] / əˈtɛn dɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
accompanying
Synonyms


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The leaves of the stem are bract-like and distant, the upper one or two subtending slender peduncles.

From Garden and Forest Weekly, Volume 1 No. 1, February 29, 1888 by Various

Peduncles longer than the subtending leaves False Pimpernel, Ilysanthes anagallidea. 39b.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan

Peduncles shorter than the subtending leaves False Pimpernel, Ilysanthes dubia. 40a.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan

Achenes obovate, not winged nor notched at the apex, and without pappus, deciduous with the subtending scale and 2 or 3 of the inner chaff.—Alternate-leaved perennials of the southern and southwestern States; head pedunculate.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Leaves lanceolate to oblong; flower-clusters equaling or exceeding the subtending bract Three-seeded Mercury, Acalypha gracilens. 3a.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan




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