MONTESSORI BOTANY : Types of Stipules

Stipules

The stipules of the leaf are little leaflets

at the base of the petiole. The stipules

may be separated from each other,

or they me joined to each other.

Latin : stipula - a stalk.

Exstipules

The exstipule is a leaf

that does not have stipules.

   

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