Lexic.us

Definition of Golden aster

1. Noun. Any of several shrubby herbs or subshrubs of the genus Chrysopsis having bright golden-yellow flower heads that resemble asters; throughout much of United States and into Canada.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Golden Aster

Literary usage of Golden aster

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nature's Garden: An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect by Neltje Blanchan (1907)
"golden aster (Chrysopsis Mariana) Thistle family Flower-heads—Composite, yellow, ... Farther westward, north and south, it is the Hairy golden aster (C ..."

2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"... to Tennessee, Florida and Louisiana. Aug.-Sept. Golden-star. 6. Chrysopsis stenophylla (A. Gray) Greene. Stiff-leaved golden aster. Fig. 4200. ..."

3. Wild Flowers of the North American Mountains by Julia W. Henshaw (1915)
"golden aster Chrysopsis villosa. Composite Family Stems: villous. ... Chrysopsis hispida. or Hairy golden aster, is a lower plant than the preceding species ..."

4. Handbook of the Wild and Cultivated Flowering Plants by Chester Arthur Darling (1912)
"MARYLAND golden aster. (C. mariana.) 1 a Outer flowers white ....WHITE GOLDEN-ROD. (S. bicolor.) b Outer flowers yellow 2 2 a Bracts of the involucre all ..."

5. How to Know the Wild Flowers: A Guide to the Names, Haunts, and Habits of by Frances Theodora Parsons (1895)
"... to be a corruption of ala Campania, and refers to the frequent occurrence of the plant in that ancient province of Southern Italy. golden aster. ..."

6. Southern Wild Flowers and Trees: Together with Shrubs, Vines and Various by Alice Lounsberry (1901)
"Very noticeably is the plant covered with tomentum. golden aster. ... C. Mariana, Maryland golden aster with its large golden heads of blossoms, ..."

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