Hirsute

Hirsute [ Botany ]	Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names
Synonym: Shaggy, Hairy, Bristly, Hispid, Pilose, pubescent, Setate.

A plant or plant part covered with usually long straight, rather coarse or stiff hairs or bristles.

The long "hirsute" hair on the corolla of Stapelia hirsuta

[From Latin “hirsutus” = "shaggy, hairy, bristly”]

A distinguishing surface feature found on any surface of a plant that refers to the presence of rough, coarse hairs (trichomes) usually not silky and perpendicular to the surface.
As a hirsute leaf, fruit or stem.

An hirsute stem

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