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Character

Character state

Code

1

Life cycle

Annual

Perennial or sub shrub

1

2

2

Plant nature

Watery-succulent

Not succulent

1

2

3

Plant length (mean length in cm)

4

Plant growth

Decumbent to ascending

Erect

1

2

5

Plant surface

Glabrous to sparsely hairs

Densely hairs

1

2

6

Stem nature

Herbaceous

Woody at the base

Woody

1

2

3

7

Stem outline shape

Terete

Quadrangular

Terete to quadrangular

1

2

3

Trichome characters

8

Branched multicellular hairs

Present

Absent

1

2

9

Digitiformhairs

Present

Absent

1

2

10

Long-stalked capitate hairs

Present

Absent

1

2

11

Peltate hairs

Present

Absent

1

2

Leaf characters

12

Leaf nature

Succulent

Not succulent

1

2

13

Leaf petiole measurements (mean length in mm)

14

Leaf shape

Ovate

Oblong to lanceolate

Ovate to elliptical

1

2

3

15

Leaf apex

Acute

Obtuse

1

2

16

Leaf margin

Serrate

Dentate

Crenate

Lobed

1

2

3

4

Inflorescence characters

17

Inflorescence branching

Un branched

Branched at the base

Branched at the axis

1

2

3

18

Inflorescence position

Terminal

Terminal and axillary

1

2

19

Inflorescence axis surface

Densely glandular

Glabrous to non-glandular hairs

1

2

20

Bract presence

Permanent

Deciduous

1

2