NOUN | plant | dusty miller, silver-lace, silver lace, Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum, Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum | shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down |
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plant | dusty miller, Senecio cineraria, Cineraria maritima | stiff much-branched perennial of the Mediterranean region having very white woolly stems and leaves | |
plant | dusty miller, Centaurea cineraria, Centaurea gymnocarpa | a plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust | |
plant | dusty miller, beach wormwood, old woman, Artemisia stelleriana | herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America | |
plant | dusty miller, mullein pink, rose campion, gardener's delight, Lychnis coronaria | an old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers |
Meaning | shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum. | |
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Synonyms | silver-lace, silver lace, Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum, Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum | |
Member of | Tanacetum, genus Tanacetum | A large genus of plants resembling chrysanthemums |
Broader | composite, composite plant | Considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers |
Spanish | Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum |
Meaning | Stiff much-branched perennial of the Mediterranean region having very white woolly stems and leaves. | |
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Synonyms | Senecio cineraria, Cineraria maritima | |
Member of | Senecio, genus Senecio | enormous and diverse cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs and vines and herbs including many weeds |
Broader | shrub, bush | A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems |
Meaning | A plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust. | |
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Synonyms | Centaurea cineraria, Centaurea gymnocarpa | |
Broader | centaury | Any plant of the genus Centaurea |
Meaning | herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant. | |
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Synonyms | beach wormwood, old woman, Artemisia stelleriana | |
Member of | genus Artemisia | usually aromatic shrubs or herbs of north temperate regions and South Africa and western South America |
Broader | wormwood | Any of several low composite herbs of the genera ... / genera Artemisia or Seriphidium |
Spanish | artemisa | |
Catalan | vella |
Meaning | An old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers. | |
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Synonyms | mullein pink, rose campion, gardener's delight, Lychnis coronaria | |
Broader | lychnis, catchfly | Mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects |
Spanish | Lychnis coronaria |
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