decompound

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Leaves 2-3 times compound or decompound — 24. 18a.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan

Cymes decompound, or in the northern form somewhat simple and smaller, and the spikelets usually more clustered; bristles capillary, twice the length of the achene.—Borders of ponds, Mass. to N. J. and Fla.; rare.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Having a forked petiole, and a pair of leaflets at the end of each division; biconjugate; twice paired; Ð said of a decompound leaf.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

Leaves irregularly pinnately decompound, the rather small leaflets incised.—Centreville,

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Stems pinnately decompound, densely tufted, glaucous, 2–6´ long; leaves nearly uniform; underleaves subquadrate, as wide as the stem.—Among mosses in swamps; common.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa