hispid
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Like other trees with hispid foliage, the juniper has the special attribute of detaining fugitives; but it sometimes shields them as well.
From Cultus Arborum Phallic Tree Worship by Anonymous
H. aurantìacum, L. Low, long-hirsute, above hispid and glandular, the involucral hairs dark; leaves all near the base of the simple peduncle; heads clustered; flowers deep orange to flame-color.—Roadsides and fields; N. Eng. to N. Y.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
Achenes wingless, 8–10; pappus a scarious hispid crown.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
Leaves hirsute or hispid on the mid-veins beneath — 27. 26b.
From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Henry Allan Gleason
Becoming plane, vermillion-red, externally paler, hispid towards the margin with straight black hairs.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
