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Definition of Menziesia ferruginea
1. Noun. Straggling shrub of northwestern North America having foliage with a bluish tinge and umbels of small bell-shaped flowers.
Exact synonyms: False Azalea, Fool's Huckleberry
Group relationships: Genus Menziesia, Menziesia
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Group relationships: Genus Menziesia, Menziesia
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Lexicographical Neighbors of Menziesia Ferruginea
Literary usage of Menziesia ferruginea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1813)
"menziesia ferruginea (/3). CAROLINA MENZIESIA. daß and Order. ... MENZIESIA ferruginea.
Smith le. inédit. 56. Willd. Sf. PI. 2. p. 355. Lam. III. t. 285. ..."
2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1899)
"... Lewis reports his plant from the Rocky Mountains, and near the mouth of the
Columbia River. menziesia ferruginea SIN. " On the Columbia River, Lewis. ..."