Townsendia

noun

Town·​sen·​dia

tau̇nˈzendēə

: a genus of western American mostly low and tufted herbs (family Compositae) with large heads of purple-rayed or white-rayed flowers and achenes that are beset with bristly forked hairs see easter daisy

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from David Townsend †1858 American botanist + New Latin -ia

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