dusty : Idioms & Phrases

noun shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
silver lace; Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum; silver-lace; Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum.
noun stiff much-branched perennial of the Mediterranean region having very white woolly stems and leaves
Senecio cineraria; Cineraria maritima.
noun a plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust
Centaurea gymnocarpa; Centaurea cineraria.
noun herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant
old woman; beach wormwood; Artemisia stelleriana.
noun an old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers
mullein pink; Lychnis coronaria; rose campion; gardener's delight.

(Bot.), a plant (Cineraria maritima); so called because of the ashy-white coating of its leaves.