sneezeweed

IPA: snˈizwid

(US) A plant of the genus Helenium, especially Helenium autumnale.
(Australia) A plant of the genus Centipeda; either of the species Centipeda cunninghami or Centipeda minima, which induce sneezing and are known as a folk remedy for colds and allergic reactions.

Examples of "sneezeweed" in Sentences

Your sneezeweed is as pretty as you described Frances.
I think sneezeweed might keep people from trying this wonderful plant.
As Hanson reflects on the season, she points out yarrow and sneezeweed (Helenium).
Tijuana Brass autumn sneezeweed is a wonderful new perennial for the cutting garden.
Cuckoo bumblebee (Psithyrus insularis) searching for pollen and nectar on sneezeweed (Dugaldia hoopsii).
I thought it was called sneezeweed because it bloomed at the same time as the notorious Ragweed and blame was misguided.
Whoever cares to learn from experience why this was called sneezeweed, must take a whiff of snuff made of the dried and powdered leaves.
Powdered disk flowers and leaves of this species have in the past been dried and used as snuff, thus giving rise to the common name of sneezeweed.
This sneezeweed is an erect, clump-forming, Missouri native perennial which occurs in moist soils along streams, ponds or ditches and in spring-fed meadows, prairie and wet open ground throughout most of the State Steyermark.