A covering of hairs. There are many named variants of pubescence that can be useful in distinguishing plant species from one another.
(pileus and stipe surfaces) with downy covering, made up of short, fine hairs.
a. (L. pubescere, to become mature) a general term for hairiness; covered with soft hair or down.
Covered with short sort hair.
covered in soft, fine hairs
Covered by fine, soft hairs.
Downy; clothed with soft, short, fine closely set hair.
Covered with down or tiny hairs. not to be confused with pruinose.
bearing short soft hairs.
Covered with down or soft, short hairs.
Covered with hairs; hairy.
covered with fine, soft hairs.
Downy, covered with soft hair
Covered with soft, fine, short hairs
Hairy or with some hairs. There are many botanical terms for types of pubescence (ex. hairy, hirsute, villous).
A general word referring to any kind of hairiness of the plant parts. In some fern books the word " indument" is used to describe all hairs and scales collectively.
Covered with very fine hairs.
Hairy. Pubescence affects ease of wetting of foliage and also retention of spray on foliage.
Covered with soft, short hair.
A general term for hairiness, often used to describe the surface of plant stems or leaves. (Hairy Solomon's Seal, Polygonatum pubescens, for example). From the Latin, pubescere, "to become mature."
