snow-on-the-mountain
White-margined garden plant
Snow-on-the-mountain is a North American plant with green leaves edged in white, giving the appearance of snow-dusted foliage.
The name refers especially to *Euphorbia marginata*, a spurge native to the Great Plains, grown as an ornamental for its variegated leaves rather than its small flowers.
Milky-sapped flowering plant
- spurgeLatex-producing flowering plant
- variegatedMarked with different colors
- foliagePlant's leafy covering
- ornamentalFor beauty, not function
garden · annual · sap · milky · latex · drought-tolerant · border · bedding
Tree's photosynthetic organs
- bractsModified leaves near flowers
- cool-seasonActive during colder months
- silveryPale metallic sheen
- frostedCovered with icy film
bicolor · green-and-white · showy · decorative · mottled · striped · contrast · fall
euphorbia
Milky-sapped flowering plant
- spurgeLatex-producing flowering plant
- variegatedMarked with different colors
- foliagePlant's leafy covering
ornamental · garden · annual · sap · milky · latex · drought-tolerant · border · bedding · cutting
leaves
Tree's photosynthetic organs
- bractsModified leaves near flowers
- cool-seasonActive during colder months
- silveryPale metallic sheen
frosted · bicolor · green-and-white · showy · decorative · mottled · striped · contrast · fall · display
snow-on-the-mountainlettuce
Leafy salad vegetable
spinach · basil · edible flowers · nasturtium
snow, on, the, mountain, snows, snowed, snowing, snowy, snowier