showy daisy

showy daisy
noun
plant 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
Syn: ↑Erigeron speciosus
Hypernyms: ↑fleabane

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