1. A plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust
   "Dusty miller's silvery foliage provided contrast in the border garden";
   - Centaurea cineraria, Centaurea gymnocarpa
    
2. An old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers
   "The silvery foliage of dusty miller contrasted beautifully with its crimson blooms";
   - mullein pink, rose campion, gardener's delight, Lychnis coronaria
    
3. Shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
   "dusty miller's delicate appearance belied its hardy nature";
   - silver-lace, silver lace, Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum, Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum
    
4. Stiff much-branched perennial of the Mediterranean region having very white woolly stems and leaves
   "Dusty miller's silvery foliage brightened the border garden";
   - Senecio cineraria, Cineraria maritima
    
5. Herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant
   "Dusty miller's silvery foliage contrasts beautifully with bright flowers";
   - beach wormwood, old woman, Artemisia stelleriana

Derived forms: dusty millers

Type of: bush, catchfly, centaury, composite, composite plant, lychnis, shrub, wormwood

Part of: genus Artemisia, genus Senecio, genus Tanacetum, Senecio, Tanacetum

Encyclopedia: Dusty miller