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Outgrowths on the margin of a seed’s wings or in the throat of the corolla [unusual term].  

Barbellate with minute hairs or barbs.  

Shortly barbed; in Compositae/Asteraceae used of spreading or upward-pointing pappus hairs which have free cell apices shorter than the diameter of the main axis. Hairs with barbs down the sides. Beset with short, stiff hairs, as is often the case with the pappus bristles in Compositae.  

One of the stiff trichomes composing a pappus.  

Bearded; with a group of long hairs. Bearded in lines, spots, or tufts; not when the whole surface is hairy—then the part is truly bearded.  

The uppermost/posterior petal of a papilionaceous flower. Synonyms: standard (which is preferred) or vexillum. The top-most petal in flowers of the family Fabaceae/Faboideae. The upper petal in a pea flower, or the three erect petals of an iris flower. The usually erect, spreading upper petal in many flowers of the bean family (Fabaceae).  

Marked with colour stripes. Marked with differently coloured stripes.