(n) plant with erect leafy stems bearing clusters of rayless yellow flower heads on bent individual stalks; moist regions of southwestern United States, Syn. Senecio bigelovii
(adj) having branches or flower heads that bend downward, Syn. pendulous, weeping, nodding, drooping, Example:nodding daffodils; the pendulous branches of a weeping willow; lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers
(n) Eurasian perennial naturalized in eastern North America having very spiny white cottony foliage and nodding musky crimson flower heads; valuable source of nectar, Syn. Carduus nutans, nodding thistle