A plant with seeds germinating in late summer or fall and completing flowering and fruiting in spring or summer of the following year and then dying.

A plant which germinates in the autumn, lives over winter, produces its seed during the following spring and then dies.

A plant that starts from seed in the fall, lives over winter, and completes its growth, including seed production, the following season. (Examples: vetch and chickweed.) Many plants commonly known as annuals can also be classified as winter annuals, depending on time of germination, etc. (See also Annual.)

A plant whose seeds germinate in late summer and that flowers and fruits in the following spring and summer (compare summer annual).

a plant that germinates in the fall, lies dormant in the winter, grows vegetatively in the late winter and early spring, then flowers and sets seed, completing its life cycle in less than one year

an annual plant that initiates growth in the fall and produces seed the following spring.