Flannel flower \Flan"nel flow`er\ (Bot.)
(a) The common mullein.
(b) A Brazilian apocynaceous vine ({Macrosiphonia
longiflora}) having woolly leaves.
(c) An umbelliferous Australian flower ({Actinotus
helianthi}), often erroneously thought to be composite.
The involucre looks as if cut out of white flannel.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]