Leaflets
As leaflets in the are Botany completely separate portions of the leaf blades of feathered or fingered foliage leaves designated. Even if the entire leaves of some plants can be very small, they should never be referred to as “leaflets”, except for mosses .
In the case of pinnate leaves, for example, the lateral leaflets can be short-stemmed and the terminal leaflets long-stemmed.
Pinnate leaves of a mountain ash (Sorbus spp.) With 18 opposite, short-stalked lateral leaflets and one long-stalked leaflet at the tip of the leaf.
Leaves of a horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) , each with five sessile leaflets.
Pinnate leaves of a rose (Rosa spp.) With four short-stalked lateral leaflets and one long-stemmed terminal leaflet
Three-part leaf from the meadow clover ( Trifolium pratense ), i.e. with three leaflets.
