Dusty Miller (disambiguation)
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Dusty Miller may refer to:
Dusty Miller is also the common name of several plants:
- Dusty Miller (mayor), Canadian politician, mayor of Thunder Bay, Ontario
- Dusty Miller (martyr)Dusty Miller (martyr)"Dusty" Miller was a British P.O.W. in Thailand on the Burma Railway during Second World War. His life and death is attested to in Ernest Gordon's autobiographical work Through the Valley of the Kwai .-Background:Miller was a gardener from Newcastle and a Methodist...
, British P.O.W. of the Japanese during WWII - Dusty Miller (1890s outfielder) (1868–1945), American professional baseball player primarily with the Cincinnati Reds
- Dusty Miller (1900s outfielder)Dusty Miller (1900s outfielder)Dakin Evans "Dusty" Miller was a professional baseball player. He played 51 games in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Orphans in 1902, primarily as an outfielder.-External links:...
(1876-1950), American professional baseball player with the Chicago Cubs
Dusty Miller is also the common name of several plants:
- Centaurea cinerariaCentaurea cinerariaCentaurea cineraria, the Velvet Centaurea, is – like some other plants – also known as "dusty miller". It is a small plant in the family Asteraceae and originates from the Island of Capraia in Italy, where it is called fiordaliso scogliere.The mature plants will grow from 15 cm to...
- Jacobaea maritimaJacobaea maritimaJacobaea maritima is a perennial plant species in the genus Jacobaea in the family Asteraceae, native to the Mediterranean region...
(formerly Senecio cineraria) - Lychnis coronariaLychnis coronariaSilene coronaria is a species of flowering plant in the carnation family, Caryophyllaceae, that is native to Asia and Europe. Common names include Dusty Miller , Mullein-pink, Rose Campion, and Bloody William. It is cultivated as an ornamental.-References:* Armitage, Allan M...
- Spyridium parvifoliumSpyridium parvifoliumSpyridium parvifolium is a shrub in the family Rhamnaceae, endemic to South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales in Australia...