Plant identification
Family: Plants: Uses: Characteristics:
Brassicaceae/ Arabidopsis Food Actinomorphic flower
Mustard Cabbage Model plant 4 petals
Cauliflower Medicinal 4 sepals
Broccoli 6 stamen à 4 tall 2 short.
Seed pot: siliques sillicles
Lamiaciacea/ Lavender Herbs Zygomorphic
Mint Mint plant Food 5 united petals & sepals 2 lobes up,
Ground ivy ornamental 3 down
Dead nettle 4 stamen à 2 tall 2 short.
Stalk is square
Leaves are opposite
Apiaceae/ Cumin Medicinal Inflorescence à compound
Carrot Carrot Food umbel
Celery ornamental Stalk is hollow
Anise Radial symmetrical
5 petals, 5 sepals, 5 stamen
Fabaceae/Pea Pea plant Food Zygomorphic à bilateral flowers
Beans Natural gums Seeds: pee-like pods
Soybean dye 5 petals to form a
Peanut banner/wing/keel/standard.
Asteraceae/ Dandelion Ornamental Inflorescence is capitulum
Sunflower Sunflower Food Ray flowers and disk flowers
Artichoke medicinal Has bracts instead of sepals
Daisy 5 fused petals
5 fused stamen
Solanaceae/ Potato Food Actinomorphic flower
nightshade Bittersweet Ornamental 5 united sepals & petals
Petunia 5 stamen
Datura 2 chambered ovary
Compound alternate leaves
Produces berries
Rosaceae/ Rose Oils Actinomorphic
Rose Cherry tree Ornamental 5 sepals & petals
Strawberry Multiple stamen (many)
Apple Form of drupes or pome as fruits
Almonds
Family: Plants: Uses: Characteristics:
Brassicaceae/ Arabidopsis Food Actinomorphic flower
Mustard Cabbage Model plant 4 petals
Cauliflower Medicinal 4 sepals
Broccoli 6 stamen à 4 tall 2 short.
Seed pot: siliques sillicles
Lamiaciacea/ Lavender Herbs Zygomorphic
Mint Mint plant Food 5 united petals & sepals 2 lobes up,
Ground ivy ornamental 3 down
Dead nettle 4 stamen à 2 tall 2 short.
Stalk is square
Leaves are opposite
Apiaceae/ Cumin Medicinal Inflorescence à compound
Carrot Carrot Food umbel
Celery ornamental Stalk is hollow
Anise Radial symmetrical
5 petals, 5 sepals, 5 stamen
Fabaceae/Pea Pea plant Food Zygomorphic à bilateral flowers
Beans Natural gums Seeds: pee-like pods
Soybean dye 5 petals to form a
Peanut banner/wing/keel/standard.
Asteraceae/ Dandelion Ornamental Inflorescence is capitulum
Sunflower Sunflower Food Ray flowers and disk flowers
Artichoke medicinal Has bracts instead of sepals
Daisy 5 fused petals
5 fused stamen
Solanaceae/ Potato Food Actinomorphic flower
nightshade Bittersweet Ornamental 5 united sepals & petals
Petunia 5 stamen
Datura 2 chambered ovary
Compound alternate leaves
Produces berries
Rosaceae/ Rose Oils Actinomorphic
Rose Cherry tree Ornamental 5 sepals & petals
Strawberry Multiple stamen (many)
Apple Form of drupes or pome as fruits
Almonds
