hispid
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Heads rather larger, the outer scales 12–20, mostly exceeding the inner, slender and hispid; achenes with 2 short acute teeth.—W. Ill. to Kan. and Tex.
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
Flowers on pedicels 2-5 mm. long; stem hispid or bristly Puccoon, Lithospermum gmelini. 17a.
From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Henry Allan Gleason
Red Hazel, Avelinier Rouge.—Nut medium ovate, not long as in the tubulosa, or Lambert's filbert; shell thick; husk long and hispid.
From The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States by Andrew S. Fuller
Ovary and fruit bristly or hispid — 17. 16b.
From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Henry Allan Gleason
They are all hispid plants, very disagreeable to handle, and are generally of rank growth.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons
