ploughman's spikenard

noun

1. a European plant, Inula conyza, with tubular yellowish flower heads surrounded by purple bracts: family Asteraceae (composites) Also calledfleawort

Example Sentences

I do not know why Inula conyza is called ploughman’s spikenard, but it is a picturesque name.

From Project Gutenberg

They are occasionally adulterated with the leaves of Inula Conyza, ploughman’s spikenard, which may be distinguished by their greater roughness, their less divided margins, and their odour when rubbed; also with the leaves of Symphytum officinale, comfrey, and of Verbascum Thapsus, great mullein, which unlike those of the foxglove have woolly upper and under surfaces.

From Project Gutenberg