of a leaf shape; cleft nearly to the midrib in broad divisions not separated into distinct leaflets
pinnate leaves which are cut into lobes reaching roughly halfway to the midrib.
deeply cut into lobes but not as far at the midrib.
a deeply lobed, pinnate-like pattern cut along a central axis; the inter-segmented clefts, however, do not reach the axis.
Divided nearly to the axis.
cut deeply (but not to midrib) into lobes that are spaced out along the axis. cf. palmate, palmatifid.
Split about halfway to the midrib, such that the divisions are pinnately arranged.
cleft in a pinnate manner; appearing pinnately divided; generally of ferns ( see pictorial glossary).
Similar to pinnate, except the blade is deeply divided but not deeply enough to produce separate segments, i.e. at least a narrow strip of green blade remains along the rachis (central leaf axis).
A type of leaf division where the green leafy tissue isn't completely separated from the rachis but rather spreads along it. From the Latin, pinnatus, "feathered."
