Also sneeze-weed. [f. SNEEZE v.]
1. U.S. The plant Helenium autumnale, or other species of the same genus.
1856. A. Gray, Man. Bot., 224. Helenium autumnale, L. (Sneeze-weed). Ibid. (1857), First Less. Bot. (1866), 130. In the Sunflower … it consists of two thin scales…; in the Sneeze-weed, of about five very thin scales.
1885. J. M. Coulter, Bot. Rocky Mt. Region, 196.
2. Austr. (See quots.)
The two quotations refer to the same plant.
1877. F. von Mueller, Bot. Teachings, 58. The Sneeze-weed (Cotula or Centipeda Cunninghamii). A dwarf, erect,… odorous herb;… can be converted into snuff.
1889. Maiden, Usef. Pl., 195. Myriogyne minuta,… ‘Sneezeweed’ of Southern New South Wales.
