genus Townsendia

Thesaurus

Noun

1.genus Townsendia - genus of western American low tufted herbs: Easter daisyTownsendiaasterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubsaster family, Asteraceae, Compositae, family Asteraceae, family Compositae - plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinniaEaster daisy, stemless daisy, Townsendia Exscapa - dwarf tufted nearly stemless herb having a rosette of woolly leaves and large white-rayed flower heads and bristly achenes; central Canada and United States west to Arizona