The leaf arrangement can be alternate, or opposite.

Its leaf arrangement is alternate and its leaf type is simple.

In these cases, the alternate leaf arrangement is produced through the suppression of one leaf at each node.

M. triquetra is easily recognized by its distinct three-ranked leaf arrangement and for being dioicous.

George promoted it to species rank on the basis of its distinctive leaf arrangement and midrib in 1996.

The leaf arrangement on the stem is alternate.

This is the most common of all patterns of leaf arrangement.

The leaf arrangement is opposite at the base but becomes alternate higher on the stem.

The leaf arrangement is typically whorled, but sometimes alternate just below the inflorescence and at the very base of stem.

The structure of a plant, its branching and leaf arrangement may also be evolved to reduce herbivore impact.