Dandelion has what is called a "pappus" attached to its seed, rather similar to the feathery tail of the Traveller's Joy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wildflowers of the Farm] Reference

Goldfinch often lines her nest with the soft pappus of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference

It is true that it is only an annual; but, like the Dandelion, it has a pappus attached to its seed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wildflowers of the Farm] Reference

Each plant is named "Senecio" because of the grey woolly pappus of its seeds, which resemble the silvered hair of old age.    From Wordnik.com.  [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference

Spear thistle seed is viable and carried far and wide by wind inside the hairy pappus.    From Wordnik.com.  [FWi - All News] Reference

She used to prepare rock hard pappus and that means more toordal if you have a crowd to feed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Netvouz - new bookmarks] Reference

No sambhars/pulusus were prized in her kitchen and I guess that's why I prefer pappus as well.    From Wordnik.com.  [Netvouz - new bookmarks] Reference

In high humidity, the pappus closes, and the seed drops to the ground for possible germination.    From Wordnik.com.  [RutlandHerald.com] Reference

This plant appears to be generically distinct from Erigeron, particularly in its stipitate pappus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Expedition into Central Australia] Reference

When full-fledged, the pappus responds to humidity, opening when air is dry and closing when damp.    From Wordnik.com.  [RutlandHerald.com] Reference

If she blew every one of the pappus off at one breath, he loved her; if she didn't, he didn't love her.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Love Story of Abner Stone] Reference

Sometimes all the pappus disappeared, and sometimes they didn't, and so she never reached a decided conclusion.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Love Story of Abner Stone] Reference

I do not think that I made enough about the great power of absorption of water by the corolla-like calyx or pappus.    From Wordnik.com.  [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference

A milkweed seed usually detaches from its pappus less than 200 yards after taking flight, an event you'll notice if you look closely.    From Wordnik.com.  [RutlandHerald.com] Reference

It was composed externally chiefly of moss, intermingled with dried leaves and fibres; the egg-cavity was warmly and thickly lined with a felt of pappus.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1] Reference

And if a dandelion seed falls on water, it rests on the surface where the pappus serves as a sail, responding to the slightest breeze, driving the seed ashore.    From Wordnik.com.  [RutlandHerald.com] Reference

In Carthamus and some other Compositæ the central achenes alone are furnished with a pappus; and in Hyoseris the same head yields achenes of three different forms.    From Wordnik.com.  [VII. Miscellaneous Objections to the Theory of Natural Selection] Reference

The genus name > I > Erigeron comes from he Greek "eri" (early) and "geron" (old man), referring to the grayed and hairy fluff (pappus) attached to the top of the seeds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Find Me A Cure] Reference

Asteraceae), which have a feathery pappus attached to their seeds and can be dispersed long distances, and maples (Acer spp.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seed dispersal] Reference

Seed large, lacking pappus.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines] Reference

One seed crowned with a simple hairy pappus.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines] Reference

The pappus is raised on a long stalk, × 1.    From Wordnik.com.  [Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses] Reference

Pappose: downy: made up or clothed with pappus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference

Myriads of dandelion pappus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Look! We Have Come Through!] Reference

Then gray-haired pappus, downy, soft.    From Wordnik.com.  [Our Profession and Other Poems] Reference

Composite, a, widely dispersed without pappus, 367.    From Wordnik.com.  [Darwinism (1889)] Reference

Seed 1, quadrangular, with simple, downy, sessile pappus.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines] Reference