| 单词 | wildflower |
| 释义 | wildflower (once / 21969 pages) n WORD FAMILY wildflower: wildflowers USAGE EXAMPLESIn his seasonal Cranberry Delight, Guas pairs Charm City’s Wildflower mead with a caramelized honey and ginger syrup and charred cranberries. Washington Post(Nov 25, 2016) Rare rains last spring brought on an explosion of wildflowers known as the Super Bloom. Washington Post(Nov 23, 2016) He has even been shown collecting a wildflower bouquet. New York Times(Nov 22, 2016) n wild or uncultivated flowering plant Syn|Hypo|Hyper wild flower Ranunculus glaberrimus, sagebrush buttercup small early-flowering buttercup with shiny yellow flowers of western North America pasque flower, pasqueflowerany plant of the genus Pulsatilla; sometimes included in genus Anemone meadow rueany of various herbs of the genus Thalictrum; sometimes rhizomatous or tuberous perennials found in damp shady places and meadows or stream banks; have lacy foliage and clouds of small purple or yellow flowers sand verbenaany of various plants of the genus Abronia of western North America and Mexico having flowers resembling verbena Allionia incarnata, trailing four o'clock, trailing windmillstrailing plant having crowded clusters of 3 brilliant deep pink flowers resembling a single flower blooming near the ground; found in dry gravelly or sandy soil; southwestern United States and Mexico Calandrinia ciliata, red maids, redmaidssucculent carpet-forming plant having small brilliant reddish-pink flowers; southwestern United States Lewisia cotyledon, siskiyou lewisiaevergreen perennial having a dense basal rosette of long spatula-shaped leaves and panicles of pink or white-and-red-striped or pink-purple flowers; found on cliffs and in rock crevices in mountains of southwestern Oregon and northern California Lewisia rediviva, bitterrootshowy succulent ground-hugging plant of Rocky Mountains regions having deep to pale pink flowers and fleshy farinaceous roots; the Montana state flower Calyptridium umbellatum, Spraguea umbellatum, pussy's-paw, pussy-paw, pussy-pawspink clusters of densely packed flowers on prostrate stems resemble upturned pads of cats' feet; grow in coniferous forests of western North America Talinum aurantiacum, flame flower, flame-flower, flameflowerplant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil; southwestern United States; Indians once cooked the fleshy roots Antheropeas wallacei, Eriophyllum wallacei, dwarf daisy, woolly daisytiny grey woolly tufted annual with small golden-yellow flower heads; southeastern California to northwestern Arizona and southwestern Utah; sometimes placed in genus Eriophyllum Arnica cordifolia, heartleaf arnicawildflower with heart-shaped leaves and broad yellow flower heads; of alpine areas west of the Rockies from Alaska to southern California Arnica montanaherb of pasture and open woodland throughout most of Europe and western Asia having orange-yellow daisylike flower heads that when dried are used as a stimulant and to treat bruises and swellings false chamomileany of various autumn-flowering perennials having white or pink to purple flowers that resemble asters; wild in moist soils from New Jersey to Florida and Texas oxeyeEurasian perennial herbs having daisylike flowers with yellow rays and dark centers golden asterany 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 hawk's-beard, hawk's-beardsany of various plants of the genus Crepis having loose heads of yellow flowers on top of a long branched leafy stem; northern hemisphere Encelia farinosa, brittle bush, brittlebush, inciensofragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine Enceliopsis nudicaulis, sunrayherb having a basal cluster of grey-green leaves and leafless stalks each with a solitary broad yellow flower head; desert areas Idaho to Arizona engelmanniacommon erect hairy perennial of plains and prairies of southern and central United States having flowers that resemble sunflowers fleabaneany of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers; formerly believed to repel fleas woolly sunflowerany plant of the genus Eriophyllum gaillardiaany plant of western America of the genus Gaillardia having hairy leaves and long-stalked flowers in hot vibrant colors from golden yellow and copper to rich burgundy Gerea canescens, desert sunflowerslender hairy plant with few leaves and golden-yellow flower heads; sandy desert areas of southeastern California to southwestern Utah and western Arizona and northwestern Mexico goldenbusha plant of the genus Haplopappus heliopsis, oxeyeany North American shrubby perennial herb of the genus Heliopsis having large yellow daisylike flowers Chrysopsis villosa, Heterotheca villosa, hairy golden aster, prairie golden asterhairy perennial with yellow flower heads in branched clusters; found almost everywhere in dry places from Canada to west central and western United States; sometimes placed in genus Chrysopsis Hulsea algida, alpine gold, alpine hulsealow tufted plant having hairy stems each topped by a flower head with short narrow yellow rays; northwestern United States Hulsea nana, dwarf hulseasimilar to but smaller than alpine hulsea Lasthenia chrysostoma, goldfieldssmall slender woolly annual with very narrow opposite leaves and branches bearing solitary golden-yellow flower heads; southwestern Oregon to Baja California and Arizona; often cultivated hawkbitany of various common wildflowers of the genus Leontodon; of temperate Eurasia to Mediterranean regions Leontopodium alpinum, edelweissalpine perennial plant native to Europe having leaves covered with whitish down and small flower heads held in stars of glistening whitish bracts Leucogenes leontopodium, north island edelweissperennial herb closely resembling European edelweiss; New Zealand blazing star, button snakeroot, gay-feather, gayfeather, snakerootany of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads Machaeranthera tanacetifolia, tahoka daisy, tansy leaf asterwild aster with fernlike leaves and flower heads with very narrow bright purple rays; Alberta to Texas and Mexico Machaeranthera bigelovii, sticky asterwild aster having leafy stems and flower heads with narrow bright reddish-lavender or purple rays; western Colorado to Arizona Machaeranthera tortifoloia, Mojave asterwild aster having greyish leafy stems and flower heads with narrow pale lavender or violet rays; of rocky desert slopes California to Arizona and Utah Madia elegans, common madia, common tarweedCalifornia annual having red-brown spots near the base of its yellow flower rays Melampodium leucanthum, blackfoot daisybushy subshrub having flower heads that resemble asters with broad white rays; found in desert areas of Arizona east to Kansas and south to Mexico coneflowera wildflower of the genus Ratibida Senecio bigelovii, nodding groundselplant with erect leafy stems bearing clusters of rayless yellow flower heads on bent individual stalks; moist regions of southwestern United States Senecio glabellus, butterweed, ragwortAmerican ragwort with yellow flowers Senecio triangularis, arrowleaf groundselperennial with sharply toothed triangular leaves on leafy stems bearing a cluster of yellow flower heads; moist places in mountains of western North America goldenrodany of numerous chiefly summer-blooming and fall-blooming North American plants especially of the genus Solidago Haplopappus acaulis, Stenotus acaulis, stemless golden weeddark green erect herb of northwestern United States and southwestern Canada having stiff leaves in dense tufts and yellow flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Haplopappus Tanacetum douglasii, northern dune tansylightly hairy rhizomatous perennial having aromatic feathery leaves and stems bearing open clusters of small buttonlike yellow flowers; sand dunes of Pacific coast of North America Hymenoxys acaulis, Tetraneuris acaulis, stemless hymenoxysperennial having tufted basal leaves and short leafless stalks each bearing a solitary yellow flower head; dry hillsides and plains of west central North America Hymenoxys grandiflora, Tetraneuris grandiflora, alpine sunflower, old man of the mountainwhitish hairy plant with featherlike leaves and a few stout stems each bearing an especially handsome solitary large yellow flower head; mountainous regions north central United States Tragopogon dubius, yellow salsifyEuropean perennial naturalized throughout United States having hollow stems with a few long narrow tapered leaves and each bearing a solitary pale yellow flower Tragopogon pratensis, goatsbeard, meadow salsify, shepherd's clockweedy European annual with yellow flowers; naturalized in United States Wyethia amplexicaulis, mule's earsbalsamic-resinous herb with clumps of lanceolate leaves and stout leafy stems ending in large deep yellow flowers on long stalks; northwestern United States Wyethia helianthoides, white-rayed mule's earsherb with basal leaves and leafy hairy stems bearing solitary flower heads with white or pale cream-colored rays; northwestern United States Indian pipe, Monotropa uniflora, waxflowersmall waxy white or pinkish-white saprophytic woodland plant having scalelike leaves and a nodding flower; turns black with age Monotropa hypopithys, false beachdrops, pinesapfleshy tawny or reddish saprophytic herb resembling the Indian pipe and growing in woodland humus of eastern North America; in some classifications placed in a separate genus Hypopitys Sarcodes sanguinea, snow planta fleshy bright red saprophytic plant of the mountains of western North America that appears in early spring while snow is on the ground Eustoma grandiflorum, bluebell, prairie gentian, tulip gentianone of the most handsome prairie wildflowers having large erect bell-shaped bluish flowers; of moist places in prairies and fields from eastern Colorado and Nebraska south to New Mexico and Texas Boykinia elata, Boykinia occidentalis, coast boykiniaplant with leaves mostly at the base and openly branched clusters of small white flowers; western North America Leptarrhena pyrolifolia, leatherleaf saxifrageplant with basal leathery elliptic leaves and erect leafless flower stalks each bearing a dense roundish cluster of tiny white flowers; moist places of northwestern North America to Oregon and Idaho Lithophragma parviflorum, prairie starplant with mostly basal leaves and slender open racemes of white or pale pink flowers; prairies and open forest of northwestern United States to British Columbia and Alberta Parnassia fimbriata, fringed grass of Parnassusbog plant with broadly heart-shaped basal leaves and cream-colored or white saucer-shaped flowers with fringed petals; west of Rocky Mountains from Alaska to New Mexico Tellima grandiflora, false alumroot, fringe cupsplant growing in clumps with mostly basal leaves and cream-colored or pale pink fringed flowers in several long racemes; Alaska to coastal central California and east to Idaho Tiarella unifoliata, false miterwort, false mitrewortplant with tiny white flowers hanging in loose clusters on leafy stems; moist woods from Alaska to central California and east to Montana kitten-tailsa plant of the genus Besseya having fluffy spikes of flowers Indian paintbrush, painted cupany of various plants of the genus Castilleja having dense spikes of hooded flowers with brightly colored bracts Collinsia bicolor, Collinsia heterophylla, innocense, purple chinese houseswhite and lavender to pale-blue flowers grow in perfect rings of widely spaced bands around the stems forming a kind of pagoda; California Collinsia parviflora, maiden blue-eyed Marysmall widely branching western plant with tiny blue-and-white flowers; British Columbia to Ontario and south to California and Colorado Collinsia verna, blue-eyed Maryeastern United States plant with whorls of blue-and-white flowers Penstemon barbatus, golden-beard penstemonplant of southwestern United States having long open clusters of scarlet flowers with yellow hairs on lower lip Penstemon centranthifolius, scarlet buglerplant with bright red tubular flowers in long narrow clusters near tips of erect stems; coastal ranges from central California southward Penstemon cyananthus, Platte River penstemonerect plant with blue-violet flowers in rings near tips of stems; Idaho to Utah and Wyoming Davidson's penstemon, Penstemon davidsoniimat-forming plant with blue and lavender flowers clustered on short erect stems; British Columbia to northern California Penstemon deustus, hot-rock penstemonstems in clumps with cream-colored flowers; found from Washington to Wyoming and southward to California and Utah Jones' penstemon, Penstemon doliuslow plant with light blue and violet flowers in short clusters near tips of stems; Nevada to Utah Penstemon fruticosus, lowbush penstemon, shrubby penstemonlow bushy plant with large showy pale lavender or blue-violet flowers in narrow clusters at ends of stems Penstemon linarioides, narrow-leaf penstemonplant having small narrow leaves and blue-violet flowers in long open clusters; Utah and Colorado to New Mexico and Arizona Penstemon newberryi, mountain pridemat-forming plant with deep pink flowers on short erect leafy stems; rocky places at high elevations from Oregon to California Penstemon palmeri, balloon flower, scented penstemonfragrant puffed-up white to reddish-pink flowers in long narrow clusters on erect stems; Arizona to New Mexico and Utah Parry's penstemon, Penstemon parryierect stems with pinkish-lavender flowers in long interrupted clusters; Arizona Penstemon rupicola, cliff penstemon, rock penstemonone of the West's most beautiful wildflowers; large brilliant pink or rose flowers in many racemes above thick mats of stems and leaves; ledges and cliffs from Washington to California Penstemon rydbergii, Rydberg's penstemonplant with whorls of small dark blue-violet flowers; Washington to Wyoming and south to California and Colorado Penstemon serrulatus, cascade penstemonwhorls of deep blue to dark purple flowers at tips of erect leafy stems; moist places from British Columbia to Oregon Penstemon whippleanus, Whipple's penstemonwine and lavender to purple and black flowers in several clusters on the upper half of leafy stems; Montana south through the Rocky Mountains to Arizona and New Mexico Daucus carota, Queen Anne's lace, wild carrota widely naturalized Eurasian herb with finely cut foliage and white compound umbels of small white or yellowish flowers and thin yellowish roots American pasqueflower, American pulsatilla, Anemone ludoviciana, Eastern pasque flower, Pulsatilla patens, blue tulip, lion's beard, prairie anemone, wild crocusshort hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or lilac flowers; North America and Siberia Anemone occidentalis, Pulsatilla occidentalis, Western pasqueflowerof western North America Anemone pulsatilla, European pasqueflower, Pulsatilla vulgarisEuropean perennial having usually violet or white spring flowers Abronia elliptica, snowball, sweet sand verbenaplant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions Abronia fragrans, sweet sand verbenataller than Abronia elliptica and having night-blooming flowers Abronia latifolia, yellow sand verbenaplant having hemispherical heads of yellow trumpet-shaped flowers; found in coastal dunes from California to British Columbia Abronia maritima, beach pancakeplant having hemispherical heads of wine-red flowers; found in coastal dunes from California to Mexico Abronia umbellata, beach sand verbena, pink sand verbenaprostrate herb having heads of deep pink to white flowers; found in coastal dunes from British Columbia to Baja California Abronia villosa, desert sand verbenasoft-haired sticky plant with heads of bright pink trumpet-shaped flowers; found in sandy desert soil; after ample rains may carpet miles of desert with pink from the southwestern United States to northern Mexico Talinum augustissimum, narrow-leaved flame flowersimilar to Talinum aurantiacum but with narrower leaves and yellow-orange flowers; southwestern United States Talinum brevifolium, pigmy talinumlow plant with crowded narrow succulent leaves and fairly large deep pink axillary flowers that seem to sit on the ground; southwestern United States Talinum calycinum, rock pinkpink-flowered perennial of rocky regions of western United States Talinum paniculatum, jewels-of-oparerect plant with tuberous roots and terminal panicles of red to yellow flowers; southwestern North America to Central America; widely introduced elsewhere Talinum spinescens, spiny talinumlow cushion-forming plant with rose to crimson-magenta flowers and leaf midribs that persist as spines when the leaves die; southwestern United States Buphthalmum salicifolium, woodland oxeyehairy Eurasian perennial having deep yellow daisies on lax willowy stems; found in the wild in open woodland and on rocky slopes Chrysopsis mariana, Maryland golden asterperennial golden aster of southeastern United States grass-leaved golden astera variety of golden aster sickleweed golden astera variety of golden aster Erigeron acer, blue fleabanewidespread weed with pale purple-blue flowers Erigeron annuus, daisy fleabanewidely naturalized white-flowered North American herb Erigeron aurantiacus, orange daisy, orange fleabanemat-forming herb of Turkestan with nearly double orange-yellow flowers Erigeron divergens, spreading fleabanewell-branched plant with hairy leaves and stems each with a solitary flower head with narrow white or pink or lavender rays; western North America Erigeron glaucous, beach aster, seaside daisyslightly succulent perennial with basal leaves and hairy sticky stems each bearing a solitary flower head with narrow pink or lavender rays; coastal bluffs Oregon to southern California Erigeron philadelphicus, Philadelphia fleabaneespecially pretty plant having a delicate fringe of threadlike rays around flower heads having very slender white or pink rays; United States and Canada Erigeron pulchellus, robin's plantaincommon perennial of eastern North America having flowers with usually violet-purple rays Erigeron speciosus, showy daisyplant having branching leafy stems each branch with an especially showy solitary flower head with many narrow pink or lavender or white rays; northwestern United States mountains Eriophyllum lanatum, golden yarrowgreyish woolly leafy perennial with branched stems ending in leafless stalks bearing golden-yellow flower heads; dry areas western North America Gaillardia pulchella, Indian blanket, blanket flower, fire wheel, fire-wheelannual of central United States having showy long-stalked yellow flower heads marked with scarlet or purple in the center Haplopappus phyllocephalus, camphor daisyannual of southern United States and Mexico having bristly leaves and pale yellow flowers Haplopappus spinulosus, yellow spiny daisyslender perennial of western North America having weakly bristly leaves and yellow flower heads Leontodon autumnalis, arnica bud, fall dandelionfall-blooming European herb with a yellow flower; naturalized in the United States Liatris punctata, dotted gayfeatherherb with many stems bearing narrow slender wands of crowded rose-lavender flowers; central United States and Canada to Texas and northern Mexico Liatris pycnostachya, dense blazing starperennial of southeastern and central United States having very dense spikes of purple flowers; often cultivated for cut flowers Mexican hat, Ratibida columnarisconeflower with flower heads resembling a Mexican hat with a tall red-brown disk and drooping yellow or yellow and red-brown rays; grows in the great plains along base of Rocky Mountains Ratibida columnifera, long-head coneflower, prairie coneflowerplant similar to the Mexican hat coneflower; from British Columbia to New Mexico Ratibida tagetes, prairie coneflowerconeflower of central to southwestern United States Solidago bicolor, silverrodplant of eastern North America having creamy white flowers Canadian goldenrod, Solidago canadensis, meadow goldenrodlarge North American goldenrod having showy clusters of yellow flowers on arching branches; often a weed Missouri goldenrod, Solidago missouriensissimilar to meadow goldenrod but usually smaller Solidago multiradiata, alpine goldenrodgoldenrod similar to narrow goldenrod but having bristly hairs on edges of leaf stalks; mountainous regions of western America Solidago nemoralis, gray goldenrod, grey goldenroda dyer's weed of Canada and the eastern United States having yellow flowers sometimes used in dyeing Blue Mountain tea, Solidago odora, sweet goldenrodgoldenrod of eastern America having aromatic leaves from which a medicinal tea is made Solidago rugosa, dyer's weedeastern North American herb whose yellow flowers are (or were) used in dyeing Solidago sempervirens, beach goldenrod, seaside goldenrodvigorous showy goldenrod common along eastern coast and Gulf Coast of North America Solidago spathulata, narrow goldenrodwestern American goldenrod with long narrow clusters of small yellow flowers Boott's goldenroda variety of goldenrod Elliott's goldenroda variety of goldenrod Ohio goldenroda variety of goldenrod rough-stemmed goldenroda variety of goldenrod showy goldenroda variety of goldenrod tall goldenroda variety of goldenrod broad leaved goldenrod, zigzag goldenroda variety of goldenrod Alpine besseya, Besseya alpinasmall pale plant with dense spikes of pale bluish-violet flowers; of high cold meadows from Wyoming and Utah to New Mexico Castilleja chromosa, desert paintbrushmost common paintbrush of western United States dry lands; having erect stems ending in dense spikes of bright orange to red flowers Castilleja miniata, giant red paintbrushwildflower of western North America having ragged clusters of crimson or scarlet flowers Castilleja sessiliflora, great plains paintbrushhairy plant with pinkish flowers; Great Plains to northern Mexico Castilleja sulphurea, sulfur paintbrushplant of moist highland meadows having ragged clusters of pale yellow flowers wilding a wild uncultivated plant (especially a wild apple or crabapple tree) angiosperm, flowering plantplants having seeds in a closed ovary |
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