bur sage

bur sage
noun
Etymology: burr (I) + sage
: a plant of the genus Franseria; especially : a low spiny shrub (F. dumosa) having the leaves densely covered with whitish hairs and being widely distributed in desert regions of the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico

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