Miss Willmott's ghost
noun
A tall biennial Caucasian eryngium, Eryngium giganteum, grown for its silvery-green flower heads.
Origin
1950s. With reference to Ellen Ann Willmott, English horticulturist, who was reputedly in the habit of sowing the plant in gardens as a memento of her visits.
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