Macrosiphonia longiflora

Macrosiphonia longiflora
Flannel flower Flan"nel flow`er (Bot.) (a) The common mullein. (b) A Brazilian apocynaceous vine ({Macrosiphonia longiflora}) having woolly leaves. (c) An umbelliferous Australian flower ({Actinotus helianthi}), often erroneously thought to be composite. The involucre looks as if cut out of white flannel. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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