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Needles: Typical for Coniferae, but occur also in other plant groups.
Examples: to the left: Yew (Taxus baccata);
middle picture: Marestail (Hippuris vulgaris)
Linear: Typical for Poaceae
(to the right: bamboo)
Lanceolate: Goldenrod
(lower left: Solidago virgaurea), Ribwort
(lower right: Plantago lanceolata)
Ensiform: to the
left: Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum)
Egg-shaped: middle picture:
Common Beech (Fagus silvatica)
Elliptic: to the right:
Rhododendron (Rhododendron williamsianum), lower left:
Ceratonia siliqua
Orbicular: lower right:
Honeysuckle (Lonicera implexa)
Peltate: The petiole springs from the middle of the leaf: Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus)
Hastate: to the
left: Ivy (Hedera helix)
Kidney-shaped: to the
right: Asarabacca (Asarum europaeum) and below:
Aristolochia (Aristolochia clematitis)
Cordate: Leaflet of
Clematis recta (to the left) and Peltandra
virginiana (middle picture)
Sagittate: to the right:
Pondweed (Potamogeton natans)
Spear-shaped: below:
Larger Bindweed (Calystegia sepia)
