UIPlants: Botanic Terminology

Leaf Apices: Mucronate Click on the image for a larger view of the photo. Click on the name for detailed information on the plant.
Japanese Barberry (Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea)
Cranberry Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster apiculatus)	Rock Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster horizontalis)

Mucronate Leaf Apex

Leaf apex tipped with short abrupt point on the end of the midvein.

Many of the small-leaved Cotoneasters appear to have a common trait in the appearance of a mucronate tipped apex.

©2005 Gary J. Kling and Laura L. Hayden, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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