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Star-shaped leaf hairs

English name:
Scientific name: Solanum quadriloculatum
Familia: Solanaceae
Classis: Dicotyledonas
Phylum: Angiospermae
Regnum: Plantae

Star-shaped hairs protect the leaf of this Solanacea from an arid region in Australia against over-irradiation from the sun and excessive evaporation

http://www.vcbio.science.ru.nl/en/image-gallery/show/print/PL0279/print/

last modified: 5 Jun 2014