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With small hooks.  

Hooked at apex. With a hook at the tip (often referring to a hair). One of the eight small carpal bones in the wrist, shaped like a hook. One of eight carpal bones located on the distal portion of the wrist. One of the carpal bones of the hand that articulate between the metacarpal bones…

Plant adapted to living in saline habitats; Plants with seeds that can germinate in salt water.  

Salt-loving.  

Partly below and partly above the level of attachment of the perianth and stamen; partially embedded in, or surrounded by, the receptacle.  

An outgrowth of the epidermis consisting of one or more elongated cells; a type of trichome, as are bristles and scales. A fine hair-like protuberance from the surface of a leaf, stem, bract, flower or fruit. Plant hairs come in many shapes, sizes, textures and orientations. Together they make up the indumentum of a plant…

(In Iris) the lower and usually narrower part of the ‘fall’ or standard perianth segment.  

The normal environment or vegetation type in which the plant grows. The natural environment of an organism within an ecosystem. The place, in an ecosystem, where an organism lives. A Latin botanical tern1 referring to the location where a wild herb may be found. A situation in which a wild plant grows. The environment where…