A yellow-flowered plant of the daisy family, closely related to ragwort.
Genus Senecio, family Compositae: several species, including the common butterweed (S. vulgaris) of the Pacific states and Bolander's butterweed (S. bolanderi), found especially along the Pacific coast of North America
Example sentencesExamples
Streambank butterweed is found from British Columbia south to California, and east to Saskatchewan and New Mexico.
Among them, butterweed is a cool-season annual that usually grows to 18 to 20 inches tall.
Layne's butterweed grows in open rocky areas of gabbro and serpentine soils within chaparral plant communities.
Tall butterweed also has well developed upper leaves and is in much drier habitats.
Layne's butterweed often grows in gaps in chaparral.
Definition of butterweed in US English:
butterweed
nounˈbədərˌwēd
A yellow-flowered plant of the daisy family, closely related to ragwort.
Genus Senecio, family Compositae: several species, including the common butterweed (S. vulgaris) of the Pacific states and Bolander's butterweed (S. bolanderi), found especially along the Pacific coast of North America
Example sentencesExamples
Streambank butterweed is found from British Columbia south to California, and east to Saskatchewan and New Mexico.
Among them, butterweed is a cool-season annual that usually grows to 18 to 20 inches tall.
Layne's butterweed often grows in gaps in chaparral.
Layne's butterweed grows in open rocky areas of gabbro and serpentine soils within chaparral plant communities.
Tall butterweed also has well developed upper leaves and is in much drier habitats.