谷精草科

Habit: herb

Taxon group: monocots

Leaf: position: tufted, rosette

Leaf: other characters: with leaf sheath

Flowers: inflorescence: head

Flowers: sexuality: unisexual

Flowers: symmetry: actinomorphic

Flowers: sepal number/calyx lobes: 2, 3

Flowers: sepal position: all free from one another, connate or basally connate

Flowers: petal number/corolla lobes: 0, 2, 3, 4

Flowers: petal position: all free from one another, connate or basally connate

Flower: bract: present

Flower: bractlet: present

Stamen: number: 6

Stamen: arrangement: same number as petals or sepals, twice or more number as petals or sepals

Pistil: style: style 1, or styles more or less connate

Pistil: ovary: 1-loculed, 2-loculed, 3-loculed

Pistil: ovule: 1 per locule

Ovary: position: superior

Fruit: types and characters: a capsule (incl. pod, follicle, etc.)

Fruit: seed: 1 seed

Seed: endosperm: seeds with endosperm

Google Image Search: Link

Dictionary of The Families & Genera of Chinese Seed Plants: Link

Vascular Plant Type Catalog at NYBG: Link