单词 | small fleabane |
释义 | > as lemmassmall fleabane small fleabane n. any of several plants of the family Asteraceae ( Compositae) (see fleabane n.); esp. an annual European plant, Pulicaria vulgaris, with multiple, compact yellow flower heads on branched reddish stems, typically found on sandy, winter-flooded grazing land. ΚΠ 1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) i. 41 Small Fleabane... In places where water has stood in winter. 1771 R. Warner Plantae Woodfordienses 39 Small Fleabane. Found in places where there have been stagnated waters in winter. 1851 G. Emerson Farmer's & Planter's Encycl. Rural Affairs 486/2 The small fleabane..grows on moist sandy spots. 1885 Science 24 Apr. 350/2 Then the small fleabane (Erigeron divaricatum) abounded on dry soils: now it is rapidly disappearing. 1922 N. Blanchan Nature's Garden 74 The wavy or various-leaved aster or small fleabane (A.[ster]undulatus) has a stiff, rough, hairy, widely branching stalk, whose thick, rough lowest leaves are heart-shaped. 1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 364/2 Small fleabane, P. vulgaris,..is now virtually confined to pond-edges, cart-ruts and the damp, pony-grazed ‘lawns’ of the New Forest. 2008 Bournemouth Echo (Nexis) 3 Oct. He pointed out that..small fleabane plants also need soil disturbance to survive. < as lemmas |
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