Among all these light colours, only the hair, the eyelashes and the eyes form black patches.
Water drips off the sides, forming slick patches of damp.
Faraday waves have been observed to form large patches of aperiodic patterns.
They build up and form thick patches called plaques (say "plax").
White specks may be present on surface, at times forming dense white patches.
It is a tiny annual herb forming small patches on the ground no more than a few centimeters high and wide.
This is a small annual plant forming compact patches on the ground, its stem growing no more than about 5 centimeters tall.
The spots merge, eventually forming irregular dead patches on the leaves.
Not all cells form caps, but most do form patches.
The plant may sprawl across the ground in a thin layer or may form small patches here and there.