dusty_millerEnglish

dusty miller, Artemisia stelleriana, Centaurea cineraria, Centaurea gymnocarpa, Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum

Noun

An old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers

English: mullein pink, rose campion, gardener's delight, dusty miller, Lychnis coronaria

Herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America, used as an ornamental plant

English: dusty miller, beach wormwood, old woman, Artemisia stelleriana

A plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust

English: dusty miller, Centaurea cineraria, Centaurea gymnocarpa

2 more noun senses

Stiff much-branched perennial of the Mediterranean region having very white woolly stems and leaves

English: dusty miller, Senecio cineraria, Cineraria maritima

Shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down, sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum

English: dusty miller, silver-lace, silver lace, Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum, Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum

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