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Definition of Showy sunflower
1. Noun. Tall rough-leaved perennial with a few large flower heads; central United States.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Showy Sunflower
Literary usage of Showy sunflower
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"showy sunflower Herbaceous perennial Old fields and stream banks. Considered by
some to be a hybrid of H and H. tuberosus. ..."
2. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"showy sunflower Herbaceous perennial Old fields and stream banks. Considered by
some to be a hybrid of H. rigidus and H. tuberosus. ..."
3. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1907)
"... often five feet high bear several flower-heads on stalks so fine that the
flowers seem floating in air. The name of showy sunflower is ..."
4. Godey's Magazine by Louis Antoine Godey, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1896)
"Sweet peas lend themselves admirably to decoration, as do the showy sunflower,
hollyhock, and larkspur. Moss starred with small flowers is a charming idea ..."
5. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"showy sunflower Herbaceous perennial Old fields and stream banks. Considered by
some to be a hybrid of H and H. tuberosus. ..."
6. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"showy sunflower Herbaceous perennial Old fields and stream banks. Considered by
some to be a hybrid of H. rigidus and H. tuberosus. ..."
7. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1907)
"... often five feet high bear several flower-heads on stalks so fine that the
flowers seem floating in air. The name of showy sunflower is ..."
8. Godey's Magazine by Louis Antoine Godey, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1896)
"Sweet peas lend themselves admirably to decoration, as do the showy sunflower,
hollyhock, and larkspur. Moss starred with small flowers is a charming idea ..."
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