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Definition of Dwarf nipplewort
1. Noun. Small European herb with small yellow flowers.
Group relationships: Arnoseris, Genus Arnoseris
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dwarf Nipplewort
Literary usage of Dwarf nipplewort
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Weeds: With Descriptions of All the Most Pernicious and by Ada Eljiva Georgia (1914)
"... dwarf nipplewort. Introduced. Annual. Propagates by seeds. Heed-time: July to
September. Time of bloom: June to August. ..."
2. Rambles in search of wild flowers, and how to distinguish them by Margaret Plues (1879)
"The leaves are ovate, stalked, and toothed. The dwarf nipplewort (L. pusilla)
has leafless stalks and pale flowers. The root- leaves are rough-edged. ..."
3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Fields and waste grounds, Maine to Ontario and Michigan. Adventive from Europe.
Also called dwarf swine's- or hog's-succory ; dwarf nipplewort. Summer. 8. ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Also called dwarf nipplewort. — Wild Succory, the common or wild chicory, (See
also hog- succory. ..."
5. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"Western Europe, adv. in US Lamb-succory, Dwarf Swine's or Hog's Succory, Dwarf
Nipplewort. 185. ..."
6. Familiar Wild Flowers by Frederick Edward Hulme (1878)
"It is called the dwarf nipplewort, or Lapsana pusilla. The specific name is a
Latin word, and signifies little, or mean. The plant only grows to a height of ..."