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Houseplant Leaf Identification
Houseplant Leaf Identification. Since indoor conditions are regulated, houseplants keep their leaves year round. Houseplants grown for their unique foliage are identified by leaf color, shape, texture, content or unusual formations.
Since indoor conditions are regulated, houseplants keep their leaves year round. Houseplants grown for their unique foliage are identified by leaf color, shape, texture, content or unusual formations.
Multicolored Leaves
Houseplants are admired for spotted, striped or unusual colored leaves. Variegation, not to be confused with spots, are pale areas on a green leaf.
Shades of Green
Houseplants that require shade often have blue-green or gray-green leaves. Plants that need full sun often have bright or golden-green leaves.
Leaf Shape
Houseplants are identified by overall leaf shape (oval, heart-shaped, deeply lobed or angular). More subtle features of the leaf include jagged (toothed) edges, drooping leaves, cup-shaped or upward-reaching leaves.
Leaf Texture
Plants with waxy or hairy leaves are favorites for indoor cultivation. Deeply veined leaves appear to pucker. Some leaves have a different texture on the top than on the underside.
Leaf Content
Tearing or crushing leaves can reveal thick or milky liquids, tough fibers or fragrances. These properties are unique to particular plants.
Formations on Leaf
A few houseplants self-propagate from leaves. Tiny plants form around the edges of the leaf, drop off and take root. In some species, the leaf underside is covered with spores that look like powder or scales.
