- 3–10 cm long;
involucres are
campanulate to hemispherical,
about 1 cm high;
chaffy bracts are lanceolate, rigid. The
flowers are
bright yellow ray florets...
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Latin name of the
genus is
derived from
palea (chaff),
referring to the
chaffy receptacle,
while the
species name spinosa,
meaning spiny,
refers to the...
- a head, in
reference to the
receptacle of the
flowers being villous or
chaffy. 34
species are accepted.
Pterocephalus afghanicus (Aitch. & Hemsl.) Boiss...
- ISBN 9781788450034 and
David Fickling Books Battlesuit Bea - The
Phoenix Find
Chaffy - (2011) ISBN 9781448772629 The
Secret Book (3 Oct 2019) ISBN 9781910989463...
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Gahnia filum, the
chaffy saw-sedge, is a tussock-forming
perennial in the
family Cyperaceae,
endemic to Australia. It
grows to
between 60 and 110 cm in...
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Carex paleacea, the
chaffy sedge, is one of the 579
species of Carex. The
Wetland Indicator Status for the
species is
classified as "obligate wetland"...
-
family Asteraceae. The name is
derived from
palea (chaff),
referring to the
chaffy receptacle. This is
primarily a
Mediterranean genus,
occurring in desert...
- half-intermitted
Burst Huge
fragments vaulted like
rebounding hail, Or
chaffy grain beneath the thresher's flail: And mid
these dancing rocks at once...
- grain. 2.
Chaffy scales on the
receptacles of many Asteraceae. 3.
Chaffy scales on the
stipe of many ferns.
paleate Bearing paleae or
chaffy scales, as...
-
pollinated by
various insects,
resulting in an oval
fruit covered with
chaffy scales. The
plant reproduces from seeds,
which are light,
densely hairy...
