Inflourescences not expanded; the lower pistillate portion breaking up into bony, bead-like joints.

Tripsacum

Inflourescences not expanded; the lower pistillate portion breaking up into bony, bead-like joints.

Ending abruptly as if cut off.

Truncate

Ending abruptly as if cut off.

An enlarged, persistent style base often found on the summit of the fruits of sedges.

Tubercle

An enlarged, persistent style base often found on the summit of the fruits of sedges.

Top shaped or conical with the broad end uppermost.

Turbinate

Top shaped or conical with the broad end uppermost.

Sheaths abruptly contracted to blade of leaf; leaves without keels.

Typha

Sheaths abruptly contracted to blade of leaf; leaves without keels.

A type of flat topped flower cluster.

Umbel

A type of flat topped flower cluster.

With a wavy margin.

Undulate

With a wavy margin.

Leaves dissected and bearing bladders.

Utricularia

Leaves dissected and bearing bladders.

Branches of stem bearing small bladders; slowers showy, purple.

Utricularia

Branches of stem bearing small bladders; slowers showy, purple.

Submerged leaves bearing bladders; flowers irregular, showy ellow or purple.

Utricularia

Submerged leaves bearing bladders; flowers irregular, showy ellow or purple.

No leaf-sheaths present; flower cluster consisting of one to several showy, irregular, yellow, or purple blossoms.

Utricularia

No leaf-sheaths present; flower cluster consisting of one to several showy, irregular, yellow, or purple…

Leaf, when examined with hand lends, showing a central dense and a peripheral less dense zone.

Vallisneria

Leaf, when examined with hand lends, showing a central dense and a peripheral less dense zone.

An arrangement of leaves or other parts in which they cme off several at the same level around the stem.

Whorl

An arrangement of leaves or other parts in which they cme off several at the same level around the stem.

Plants simple, extremely minute, appearing as grains on surface of water.

Wolffia

Plants simple, extremely minute, appearing as grains on surface of water.

Plants floating just below water surfacel plant body made up of a clump of short filaments.

Wolffiella

Plants floating just below water surfacel plant body made up of a clump of short filaments.

Leaves smaller, rigid; small yellow flowers gathered in dense heads at top of naked stalk, each subtended by a scale-like bract.

Xyris

Leaves smaller, rigid; small yellow flowers gathered in dense heads at top of naked stalk, each subtended…

Leaves with narrow bases.

Zannichellia

Leaves with narrow bases.

Pistullate spikelets borne above staminate in inflorescence; leaves not cutting.

Zizania

Pistullate spikelets borne above staminate in inflorescence; leaves not cutting.

Pistullate and staminate spikelets intermixed; leaves with scabrous, cutting margins.

Zizaniopsis

Pistullate and staminate spikelets intermixed; leaves with scabrous, cutting margins.