dusty miller

noun

1

an old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers

Synonym: mullein pink rose campion gardener's delight Lychnis coronaria

2

herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America;used as an ornamental plant

Synonym: beach wormwood old woman Artemisia stelleriana

3

a plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust

Synonym: Centaurea cineraria Centaurea gymnocarpa

4

stiff much-branched perennial of the Mediterranean region having very white woolly stems and leaves

Synonym: Senecio cineraria Cineraria maritima

5

shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down;sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum

Synonym: silver-lace silver lace Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum