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Definition of Groundsel tree
1. Noun. A shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies; fruit is surrounded with white plumelike hairy tufts.
Group relationships: Baccharis, Genus Baccharis
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Lexicographical Neighbors of Groundsel Tree
Literary usage of Groundsel tree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"groundsel tree. Shrubs or herbs : Ivs. alternate, usually serrat«. deciduous or
persistent : heads of fls. small, white or yellowish, ..."
2. Trees and Shrubs: An Abridgment of the Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum by John Claudius Loudon (1875)
"... L. The Sea-Purslane-!eaved Baccharis, or the groundsel tree. Engravings. ...
groundsel tree ..."
3. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"Baccharis halimifolia, however, is occasionally found in gardens, and is known
as the groundsel tree. It is a shrub growing to a height of from 6 to 12 feet ..."
4. An Encyclopædia of Trees and Shrubs: Being the Arboretum Et Fruticetum by John Claudius Loudon (1869)
"... L. The Sea-Purslane-leaved Baccharis, or the groundsel tree. Identification.
Lin. ... groundsel tree ..."
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