herbaceous plant
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If the wasps had been nectaring on flowers like sumac or goldenrod, their most-visited woody and herbaceous plant choices, they would have paid us no mind, Holm is quick to point out.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2022
It was an herbaceous plant, having a stem nearly six feet high, and rather broad digitate leaves, with a loose spike of showy yellow flowers at the top.
From The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains by Reid, Mayne
Solanace�, an herbaceous plant, from 1 foot to 18 inches high, with large white or purplish flowers.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various
A little farther on, Lucien stopped in front of an herbaceous plant, covered from top to bottom with round, flat black insects, speckled with red, and almost resembling mosaic-work.
From Adventures of a Young Naturalist by Gillmore, Parker
DAME’S VIOLET, the English name for Hesperis matronalis, a herbaceous plant belonging to the natural order Cruciferae, and closely allied to the wallflower and stock.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various
