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Definition of Emilia flammea
1. Noun. Tropical African annual having scarlet tassel-shaped flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Cacalia.
Group relationships: Emilia, Genus Emilia
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Emilia Flammea
Literary usage of Emilia flammea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"... in small, terminal cluster-s. Spring. Tasmania. BR 31:43 (white-, tinged pink).
FW BARCLAY. TASSEL PLOWER. See emilia flammea and ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"FLORA'S PAINT-BRUSH: A common name for emilia flammea. FLORICULTURE, or the
growing of plants for ornamental purposes, particularly for flowers, ..."
3. Iconum Botanicarum Index Locupletissimus: Die Abbildungen sichtbar blühender ...by Georg August Pritzel by Georg August Pritzel (1861)
"emilia flammea Cuss. Cassini Opuse. 1, 4. — — — Diet. se. nat. 91. — scabra DC.
Wight Ic. pl. Ind. or. 3, 1123. — sonchifolia DC. Rheede Hort, mal. lu, 68. ..."