boltonia

[ bohl-toh-nee-uh ]

noun

1. any of several composite plants of the genus Boltonia, of the U.S., having blue, purple, or white asterlike flower heads.

boltonia

/ bəʊlˈtəʊnɪə /

noun

1. any North American plant of the genus Boltonia , having daisy-like flowers with white, violet, or pinkish rays: family Compositae (composites)

Word History and Origins

Origin of boltonia¹

< New Latin (1788); after James Bolton, 18th-century English botanist; -ia

Word History and Origins

Origin of boltonia¹

C18: New Latin, named after James Bolton , C18 English botanist

Example Sentences

So also the leaves of Boltonia, of Wild Lettuce, and of a vast number of Australian Myrtaceous shrubs and trees, which much resemble the phyllodia of the Acacias of the same country.

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From the 220 white bench one looked across the grass to a broad flight of veranda steps, flanked on the right by a mass of white boltonia, while on the left a superb growth of New England asters reared their sturdy heads.

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Important September blooming flowers are phlox, Japanese anemones; perennial asters, or Michaelmas daisy, so-called because they are supposed to be at their best on Michaelmas Day, September 29th; helleniums, helianthus, hardy chrysanthemum, pyrethrum uliginosum, boltonia.

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Boltonia Asteroides.—This is a hardy perennial which flowers in September.

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Boltonia latisquama*--Height, 4 feet; first week of August; flowers, large, white, somewhat resembling asters, and borne very profusely in large panicles.

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