noonflower

Referring to various species of flowers.

Noon-flower, or Noon-tide, from its closing at midday, and marking the hour of noon, / Tragopogon pratensis, L.

... especially the sultriness between noonflower and the four-o'clock's opening

Referring to various species of flowers.

Along the seacoast from San Francisco to Patagonia, the trailing juicy stems and leaves of the noonflower hang curtains of vivid green over the sea cliffs or spread soft mats on the bare earth.

A more spectacular plant is the noonflower, which often forms huge swards of mauve flowers, from coastal salt marshes through to inland deserts. This is a more delicate-looking version of the pigface.

Referring to various species of flowers.

For isolated shrubs , and not too many at that, the lack of all appearance of striving after there would be the spreading noonflower, bauhinia, dracaumas with their warm-hued leaves, […]