page_title: Stipule
section_title: Types of stipules
hierarchical_section_title: Stipule / Types of stipules
caption_attribution_description: Description: Alchemilla mollis Source: self-made Date: created 10. Jun. 2006 Author: Frank Vincentz Permission: GFDL (self made)
context_page_description: In botany, a stipule is an outgrowth borne on either side of the base of a leafstalk. A pair of stipules is considered part of the anatomy of the leaf of a typical flowering plant, although in many species the stipules are inconspicuous or entirely absent. In some older botanical writing, the term "stipule" was used more generally to refer to any small leaves or leaf-parts, notably prophylls. The word stipule was coined by Linnaeus from Latin stipula, straw, stalk.
caption:  
  Fused together and leaf-like stipules of Alchemilla mollis
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