Obovate
A leaf shaped like a teardrop, with the stem or stalk attached to the tapering point.
Obtuse ...
Obovate - opposite of ovate, with the narrower part near the base.
Cuneate - wedge-shaped, broad at the tip and tapering by nearly straight lines to an acute angle at the base.
obovate Egg-shaped with the broadest part towards the apex. oblanceolate Widest near apex, tapering to base, longer than wide. oblong Much longer than wide, with sides roughly parallel for most of their length.
Obovate Inversely ovate, broadest above the middle.
Obscure Not easily made out, hidden.
Obtuse With sides forming an angle of more than 90 degrees; having a rounded and blunt apex.
obovate
Reverse egg shape the broadest portion is above the middle. Length=1½ - 2 times its width.
obtuse ...
5:1, and with parallel margins obovate: a shape with length to width ratios of 2:1-1.5:1, widest above the middle, and with symmetrically curved margins obtriangular: a shape with length to width ratios of 2:1-1.
obovate search for term- a. (L. ob, against; ovum, egg) inversely ovate; having the shape of the longitudinal section of an egg, with the broad end at the top, as some leaves.obsolete search for term- a.
Leaves: Heavily serrated obovate leaves.
Flowers: Yellow with dark splotches at the base of each of the 5 petals.
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Therefore it grows vigorously in cool-temperate gardens. It grows as a open, upright or spreading shrub with obovate to oblong leaves which are up to 10 cm long and dark green above and blue-green beneath.
 See also: Ovate, Leaf, Plant, Flower, Margin
  
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