basket flower

basket flower

noun
a composite plant, Centaurea americana, of central U.S. to Mexico, having raylike heads of tubular rose-colored flowers, each surrounded by a whorl of bracts making the flower head appear as if it is set in a basket.
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basket flower

noun
annual of southwestern United States cultivated for its purple flower heads and its bracts that resemble small baskets 
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