a tuft of hair on the seed of a plant that helps disperse the seed.
The modified calyx of a disk or rayflower in the sunflower family
Bristly or scaly calyx in the Asteraceae.
The bristles, awns, teeth, etc., surrounding the achene in the Chicory and Thistle families.
Highly modified calyx consisting of awns, scales, hairs, or fine bristles, as in members of Asteraceae.
a ring of fine, sometimes feathery, hairs, developing from the calyx, and covering the fruit; aids in wind dispersal
In composite flowers the part of the individual disk and ray flowers that surrounds the flower at the base as calyx does in a regular flower. They may be like bristles teeth or scales and are usually to small to see with the unaided eye.
in Asteraceae (Compositae), designation for the collective scales, bristles, crown, etc., at the summit of the ovary (or achene) and outside the corolla
Bristles, scales, awns, or feathery appendage on the seed of members of the sunflower family.
calyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelions
a highly modified calyx , which is a funnel of sepals
Bristles, scales, awns or short crown at tip of achene in flowers of sunflower family.
The modified sepals (calyx) of members of the sunflower family (Asteraceae) found at the top of the fruit in the form of thin bristles, feather-like plumes, scales, or sharp awns.
an egret found attached on some seeds, which greatly helps wind dispersing such as for Senecio macroglossus.
a cluster of fine hairs attached to the seed in some plants, e.g., dandelion.
A tuft of hairs, scales or bristles at one end of a seed, as in a thistle plume, used to aid seed dispersal.
A tuft of hairs, scales orbristles at the tip of an achene in flowers of the sunflower family.
Tufts of hairs on an achene.
A cluster of bristles attached to the upper part of the ovary; may aid in seed dispersal.
fine hairs replacing calyx in many asteraceae
modified calyx crowning the ovary (achene) of members of the Asteraceae, consisting of hairs, scales, bristles, or a mixture of these
the calyx of composite flowers; usually a whorl of bristles or silky hairs.
Tufts of hairs attached to achenes of the aster family.
pappus thistle-down; tufts of fine hairs on fruit and achenes
a tuft of hairs on a fruit; in Asteraceae, a tuft (or ring) of hairs or scales borne above the ovary and outside the corolla and possibly representing the calyx.
Small hairs born at tip of seed (composite flowers only).
downy or feathery appendage on achenes.
a cluster of seeds with tiny tufts of "hair" attached (e.g., dandelion)
Pappus, in a composite flower, is the element of the individual disk and ray flowers that surrounds the flower structure, in the same manner at the base as calyx does in a non-compound flower. Pappuses may be like bristles, teeth or scales and are usually too diminutive to discern without some type of magnification device. The etymology of this term derives from the Ancient Greek word pappus meaning bristle.