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Definition of Swamp sunflower
1. Noun. Sunflower of eastern North America having narrow leaves and found in bogs.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swamp Sunflower
Literary usage of Swamp sunflower
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Guide to the Wild Flowers by Alice Lounsberry (1899)
"swamp sunflower. (Plate LXVI.) Helenium autumnale. ... The swamp sunflower, while
greatly pleasing the eye by illuminating the low fields and swamps in the ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"swamp sunflower. St. 2-6 ft. high, simple or branching above, slightly rough: Ivs.
2—7 in. long, somewhat tufted, drooping, in dried- up specimens with ..."