It is usually attached to the shoot at the node, subtending (attached beneath) the lateral meristem (axillary bud). On a compound leaf, the petiole extends
Leaves can vary in the following ways: number and shape of lobes. shape and depth of inferior and superior sinuses. shape of petiolar sinus. shape of teeth.
Drawings (not to scale) depicting developing stipules, leaves, and petiolar glands of Prunus virginiana. (A) A 0.2 to 0.5 cm leaf. Young stipules (about 0.1
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