Leaves: alternate, opposite or whorled, simple to compound, estipulate
Inflorescence: cymes, racemes, spikes, panicles
Flowers: perfect, zygomorphic (rarely actinomorphic)
Sepals: 5, distinct or connate
Petals: 5, connate, often bilabiate
Stamens: 4 or 2 (5), distinct, epipetalous
Ovary: 2 connate carpels, superior with 2 locules and 2-many ovules per locule, style 1, undivided
Fruit: capsule, rarely a berry