Leaves with more than one blade on a single petiole are called?

• A. Simple Leaves
• B. Compound Leaves
• C. Lobed Leaves
• D. Needle Leaves

Answer: (B)

Leaves classified by how many blades attach to one stalk show a key distinction. When several leaf blades attach to a single petiole, that structure is a compound leaf—the blades are leaflets arranged along a common stalk. Each leaflet may resemble a tiny leaf, but they share one petiole and form the whole leaf together. A simple leaf has just one blade on its petiole, so there’s no separate leaflet unit. A lobed leaf is still one blade with deep indentations, not multiple leaflets. Needle leaves are a different form altogether, typically slender and not composed of multiple leaflets on one stalk. So the description given fits compound leaves.