snow-on-the-mountain

snow-on-the-mountain
/snoh"on dheuh mown"tn, -awn-/, n.
a spurge, Euphorbia marginata, of the western U.S., having leaves with white margins and white petallike bracts. Also called ghost-weed.
[1875-80, Amer.]

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      (Euphorbia marginata), succulent plant of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae), native to the central plains of the United States. The plants, which grow to a height of 60 cm (2 feet), have long, oval, light green foliage, with white-margined leaves near the top, where several white whorls of bracts (leaflike structures) are clustered. The plant has long been a favourite as a garden annual and in flower arrangements, but some people are allergic to its white latex sap.

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