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Sessile

Attached directly to a stem, branch, receptacle or other structure without a stalk.  Lacking a petiole, pedicel or
peduncle.
 

Figure A.  Stalkless stem leaf of Philadelphia fleabane.
(Erigeron philadelphicus)

 

Figure B.  Flowers of heal-all attached without pedicels.
(Prunella vulgaris)

 

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