Simple Leaves Collection Trivia Quiz

Answer:

Cordate is a heart-shaped leaf. The leaf is attached to the petiole at the notched end. Plants with cordate leaves include cyclamens, foxglove tree, creeping oxalis and betel pepper.

Elliptic is a leaf that is shaped like an ellipse. Plants with this type of leaf include almond, avocado, guava and pomegranate.

Obovate is an egg-shaped leaf. Horse chestnut, Loebner magnolia, common paw-paw and American smoke tree are some examples of plants with this kind of leaf.

Ovate leaf is structured so that it is wider at the base than at the midpoint and gets thinner near the tip. Blue beech, elm and dogwood are some of the plants having ovate leaves.

Peltate is a leaf shaped like a shield. The stalk is attached to the middle of the leaf. Plants of the families of Piper and Peperomia have peltate leaves.

Spetulate (or spathulate) is a leaf shaped like a spoon. Purple-leaved Japanese barberry, Korean barberry and cockspur hawthorn are some examples of plants having spetulate leaves.

Orbicular are leaves that are circular or nearly circular. Some plants with this type of leaf include Arrowwood Viburnum, the Cranberry Cotoneaster, and the Quaking Aspen.
Falcate is a leaf having a sickle-like shape. The mimosa is an example of a plant with falcate leaves.
Linear is a very narrow leaf which is almost like having parallel sides. Almost all the grasses have this kind of leaves.
Hastate leaves are shaped like arrow heads. Blue vervain is a prime example of this type of leaf.
Other simple leaf types include subulate, reniform, lanceolate, lyrate and runcinate.
Calcite, sodalite, granite, hematite, howlite, unakite are all types of rocks.