daisy fleabane

noun

1. a North American composite plant, Erigeron annuus, having hairy stems and numerous, small, daisylike flowers with narrow white rays.

Word History and Origins

Origin of daisy fleabane¹

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Example Sentences

The bird turned up just off the path, mostly screened in a thicket of switch grass and daisy fleabane.

From New York Times

A large plant of purslane produces one million two hundred and fifty thousand seeds; a patch of daisy fleabane, three thousand seeds to each square inch of space covered by a plant.

From Project Gutenberg