horseweeds

Meanings

Noun

• erect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers; the eastern United States
• common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron
• plural of horseweed

Synonyms

Canadian fleabane, Collinsonia canadensis, Conyza canadensis, Erigeron canadensis, fleabane, horse balm, horseweed, richweed, stone root, stone-root, stoneroot