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Crocanthemum canadense

DEFINITIONS OF: Crocanthemum canadense

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n perennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowers; so-called because ice crystals form on it during first frosts

Synonyms:
Helianthemum canadense, frost-weed, frostweed, frostwort
Type of:
helianthemum, sun rose, sunrose
any plant of the genus Helianthemum; vigorous plants of stony alpine meadows and dry scrub regions
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