To top Grass Key Top of page 24. Both cotyledon margins are entire, and cotyledons are covered on both surfaces with short hairs. The stem is densely hairy. True leaves are heart-shaped and alternate with serrated margins and velvety, hairy surfaces. To top Grass Key Top of page 25.
Seedling is small, pale green and only sparsely hairy.
First leaves have very pointed tips and petioles. Hypocotyl is slender and often reddish. To top Grass Key Top of page 26. Cotyledons and early true leaves are oval to spatulate and are borne on long stalks or petioles. Older rosette leaves are variable in shape and variously lobed with toothed or undulating edges.