| The base of the leafstalk is hollow and in falling off exposes the winter bud. |
| Two parallel veins enter each blade from the point of attachment of the long leafstalk and fork repeatedly toward the leaf edges. |
| The Common Locust has several buds under the leafstalk and one above it in the axil. |
| In the Sycamore the bud does not show while the leaf remains on the tree, as it is in the hollow of the leafstalk. |
| Stipules small, very narrow and pointed, usually attached part way up to the leafstalk. |
| About 2 to 3 cm of leafstalk remains in order to leave intact the final bud from which the chicory head has to grow. |
