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Finger-length ears grow from the axils of their elongated leaves and every one of them consists of a dozen rock-hard seeds.

These slow-moving pests are covered with a mealy wax and tend to cluster in large numbers to feed, appearing as cottony masses in leaf axils and other protected areas.

Pinch out suckers in leaf axils to promote neat, upright growth.

Instead of making that big head right away, this plant sprouts a mini-cabbage in every leaf axil — the “V” formed between a leaf’s stem and the main stalk.

The loose panicles of male flowers, and the short spikes of female flowers, arise from the axils of the upper leaves.