| 1. | The leaves are all cauline in " Lepuropetalon ".
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| 2. | Their size is more or less similar to the cauline one.
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| 3. | Cauline ( stem ) leaves progressively smaller higher up the stem.
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| 4. | Cauline ( stem ) leaves are up to 10 mm long.
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| 5. | The upper cauline ( on stem ) leaves are shorter than internodes.
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| 6. | One cauline leaf, oblong-lanceolate, is cucullate and glabrous.
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| 7. | It has both basal and cauline ( stem ) leaves.
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| 8. | Cauline leaves are tomentose on the underside and contain spines on the lobe tips.
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| 9. | The basal and cauline leaves have one nerve.
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| 10. | There are sometimes small inflorescences located in the cauline leaf axils along the stem.
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