22 terms

Terms	Definitions
mint	square stalks, opposite leaves, often aromatic safe to sample .
mustard	4 petals and 6 stamens--4 tall and 2 short
mint	4 stamens (2 long, 2 short) 5 united petals (2 lobes up, 3 down) 5 united sepals flowers mature into a seed capsule with 4 nutlets
mustard	seed pods occur in radial pattern around stalk all are edible
Parsley	Compound umbels. Usually hollow flower stalks.
Parsley	Not all safe for eating (includes poison and water hemlock)
Pea	distinct banner, wings and keel. Pea-like pods, often with pinnate leaves.
Parsley	2-celled ovary, 5 petals, 5 stamens
Lily	flowers with parts in threes. Sepals and petals usually identical.
Lily	3 sepals, 3 petals, 6 stamens, pistil with 3-part stigma, parallel veins in leaves. Not all are edible.
Mallow	5 separate petals and a column of stamens. Mucilaginous texture.
Mallow	mostly edible (except cotton), can be used like aloe vera.
Aster or Sunflower	composite flower in disk-like head.
Aster or Sunflower	multiple layers of bracts beneath flower. Little disks and ray flowers inside flower head.
dicot	netted veins in leaves
dicot	usually tap-rooted
dicot	usually complex branching
dicot	floral parts in 4's and 5's
monocot	parallel veins in leaves
monocot	horizontal rootstalks
monocot	usually simple branching
monocot	floral parts in 3's

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