marsh fleabane

noun

1

: a plant of the genus Pluchea

2

or less commonly marsh fleawort or marsh groundsel : a groundsel (Senecio congestus) of northern and arctic regions that has thick hollow stems, long narrow leaves sometimes used as a potherb, and dense heads of yellow flowers

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