#subshrub__suffrutex low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base
supertype: #shrub__bush a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches
subtype: #darling_pea__poison_bush either of two Australian plants of the genus Swainsona that are poisonous to sheep
subtype: #smooth_darling_pea__Swainsona_galegifolia erect or trailing perennial of eastern Australia having axillary racemes of blue to purple or red flowers
subtype: #hairy_darling_pea__hairydarlingpea__Swainsona_greyana__Swainsona_grandiflora shrubby perennial of southern Australia having downy or woolly stems and undersides of leaves and racemes of red to pink flowers
subtype: #blue_star__Amsonia_tabernaemontana subshrubs of southeastern United States forming slow-growing clumps and having blue flowers in short terminal cymes
subtype: #periwinkle chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers
subtype: #Vinca_minor__myrtle widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers
subtype: #large_periwinkle__largeperiwinkle__Vinca_major plant having variegated foliage and used for window boxes
subtype: #wild_sarsaparilla__false_sarsaparilla__falsesarsaparilla__wild_sarsparilla__Aralia_nudicaulis common perennial herb having aromatic roots used as a substitute for sarsaparilla; central and eastern North America
subtype: #American_spikenard__petty_morel__life-of-man__Aralia_racemosa unarmed woody rhizomatous perennial plant distinguished from wild sarsaparilla by more aromatic roots and panicled umbels; southeastern North America to Mexico
subtype: #bristly_sarsaparilla__bristlysarsaparilla__bristlysarsparilla__dwarf_elder__Aralia_hispida bristly herb of eastern and central North America having black fruit and medicinal bark
subtype: #bloodleaf any plant of the genus Iresine having colored foliage
subtype: #beef_plant__beefsteak_plant__beefsteakplant__Iresine_herbstii__Iresine_reticulata South American plant having green to purple or red branches with green to purple ornamental foliage and spikes of insignificant woolly flowers with dry membranous bracts
subtype: #desert_plume__prince's-plume__Stanleya_pinnata__Cleome_pinnata perennial of southwestern United States having leathery blue-green pinnatifid leaves and thick plumelike spikes of yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Cleome
subtype: #matilija_poppy__California_tree_poppy__Romneya_coulteri tall branching subshrub of California and Mexico often cultivated for its silvery-blue foliage and large fragrant white flowers
subtype: #burdock__clotbur any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs
subtype: #common_burdock__lesser_burdock__Arctium_minus ubiquitous in all but very acid soil; most of Europe (except Arctic Caucasus) and North Africa
subtype: #great_burdock__greatburdock__greater_burdock__greaterburdock__cocklebur__arctiumlappa burdock having heart-shaped leaves found in open woodland, hedgerows and rough grassland of Europe (except extreme N) and Asia Minor; sometimes cultivated for medicinal and culinary use
subtype: #marguerite_daisy__marguerite__Paris_daisy__Chrysanthemum_frutescens__Argyranthemum_frutescens perennial subshrub of the Canary Islands having usually pale yellow daisylike flowers; often included in genus Chrysanthemum
subtype: #wormwood any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium
subtype: #mugwort any of several weedy composite plants of the genus Artemisia
subtype: #western_mugwort__westernmugwort__white_sage__whitesage__cudweed__prairiesage__Artemisia_ludoviciana__Artemisia_gnaphalodes perennial cottony-white herb of southwestern United States
subtype: #common_mugwort__Artemisia_vulgaris European tufted aromatic perennial herb having hairy red or purple stems and dark green leaves downy white below and red-brown florets
subtype: #southernwood__Artemisia_abrotanum shrubby European wormwood naturalized in North America; sometimes used in brewing beer
subtype: #common_wormwood__absinthe__old_man__lad's_love__lad'slove__Artemisia_absinthium aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe
subtype: #sweet_wormwood__sweetwormwood__Artemisia_annua wormwood of southeastern Europe to Iran
subtype: #field_wormwood__fieldwormwood__Artemisia_campestris European wormwood similar to common wormwood in its properties
subtype: #wormwood_sage__prairie_sagewort__prairiesagewort__Artemisia_frigida silky-leaved aromatic perennial of dry northern parts of the northern hemisphere; has tawny florets
subtype: #Roman_wormwood__Artemis_pontica European wormwood; minor source of absinthe
subtype: #beach_wormwood__beachwormwood__dusty_miller__dustymiller__oldwoman__Artemisia_stelleriana herb with grayish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant
subtype: #sea_wormwood__seawormwood__Seriphidium_maritimum__Artemisia_maritima plants of western and northern European coasts
subtype: #sagebrush__sage_brush any of several North American composite subshrubs of the genera Artemis or Seriphidium
subtype: #California_sagebrush__California_sage__Artemisia_californica low ashy-gray California shrub
subtype: #sand_sage__silvery_wormwood__silverywormwood__Artemisia_filifolia silver-haired shrub of central and southern United States and Mexico; a troublesome weed on rangelands
subtype: #bud_brush__budbrush__bud_sagebrush__budsagebrush__Artemis_spinescens half-shrubby perennial valuable as sheep forage in the United States
subtype: #silver_sage__silver_sagebrush__gray_sage__Seriphidium_canum__Artemisia_cana low much-branched perennial of western United States having silvery leaves; an important browse and shelter plant
subtype: #big_sagebrush__bigsagebrush__blue_sage__Seriphidium_tridentatum__Artemisia_tridentata aromatic shrub of arid regions of western North America having hoary leaves
subtype: #bur_marigold__burmarigold__burr_marigold__beggar-ticks__beggar's-ticks__sticktight any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing
subtype: #Bidens_bipinnata__spanish_needles__spanishneedle common bur marigold of the eastern United States
subtype: #tickseed_sunflower__Bidens_coronata__Bidens_trichosperma North American bur marigold with large flowers
subtype: #European_beggar-ticks__trifid_beggar-ticks__trifid_bur_marigold__Bidens_tripartita of temperate Eurasia
subtype: #swampy_beggar-ticks__Bidens_connata bur marigold of eastern and northern United States and Canada common in wet pastures and meadows
subtype: #centaury any plant of the genus Centaurea
subtype: #basket_flower__Centaurea_americana annual of southwestern United States cultivated for its purple-rayed flower heads and its bracts that resemble small baskets
subtype: #Centaurea_cineraria__dusty_miller__dustymiller__centaureagymnocarpa a plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust
subtype: #star-thistle__caltrop__Centauria_calcitrapa Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America
subtype: #knapweed any of various plants of the genus Centaurea having purple thistlelike flowers
subtype: #slender_knapweed__slenderknapweed a variety of knapweed
subtype: #Jersey_knapweed a variety of knapweed
subtype: #lesser_knapweed__black_knapweed__blackknapweed__hardheads__hardhead__Centaurea_nigra a weedy perennial with tough wiry stems and purple flowers; native to Europe but widely naturalized
subtype: #great_knapweed__greatknapweed__greater_knapweed__greaterknapweed__Centaurea_scabiosa tall European perennial having purple flower heads
subtype: #matchweed__matchbush any of several plants of the genus Gutierrezia having tiny flower heads that resemble the heads of matches
subtype: #little-head_snakeweed__Gutierrezia_microcephala similar to Gutierrezia sarothrae but with flower heads having fewer rays and disk flowers
subtype: #rabbitweed__snakeweed__broom_snakeweed__broomsnakeweed__broom_snakeroot__broomsnakeroot__turpentine_weed__Gutierrezia_sarothrae low-growing sticky subshrub of southwestern United States having narrow linear leaves on many slender branches and hundreds of tiny yellow flower heads
subtype: #broomweed__Gutierrezia_texana annual of southwestern United States having rigid woody branches with sticky foliage and yellow flowers
subtype: #guayule__Parthenium_argentatum much-branched subshrub with silvery leaves and small white flowers of Texas and northern Mexico; cultivated as a source of rubber
subtype: #American_feverfew__wild_quinine__prairie_dock__prairiedock__Parthenium_integrifolium stout perennial herb of the eastern United States with whitish flowers; leaves traditionally used by Catawba indians to treat burns
subtype: #chaffweed__bastard_pimpernel__bastardpimpernel__false_pimpernel__falsepimpernel weedy plant having short dry chafflike leaves
subtype: #thrift any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers
subtype: #cliff_rose__cliffrose__sea_pink__seapink__Armeria_maritima tufted thrift of seacoasts and mountains of north temperate zone; occasionally grown as a ground cover
subtype: #sea_lavender__sealavender__marsh_rosemary__marshrosemary__statice any of various plants of the genus Limonium of temperate salt marshes having spikes of whit or mauve flowers
subtype: #corchorus__corchoru any of various plants of the genus Corchorus having large leaves and cymose clusters of yellow flowers; a source of jute
subtype: #diapensia any boreal low-growing evergreen plant of the genus Diapensia
subtype: #loosestrife.subshrub any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum
subtype: #purple_loosestrife__spiked_loosestrife__Lythrum_salicaria marsh herb with a long spike of purple flowers; originally of Europe but now rampant in eastern United States
subtype: #grass_poly__grasspoly__hyssop_loosestrife__Lythrum_hyssopifolia annual with small solitary pink flowers; originally of Europe but widely naturalized in moist areas
subtype: #deer_grass__meadow_beauty any of several plants of the genus Rhexia usually having pink-purple to magenta flowers; eastern North America
subtype: #St_John's_wort any of numerous plants of the genus Hypericum having yellow flowers and transparently dotted leaves; traditionally gathered on St John's eve to ward off evil
subtype: #common_St_John's_wort__tutsan__Hypericum_androsaemum deciduous bushy Eurasian shrub with golden yellow flowers and reddish-purple fruits from which a soothing salve is made in Spain
subtype: #great_St_John's_wort__Hypericum_ascyron__Hypericum_pyramidatum perennial shrub having large star-shaped yellow flowers in narrowly pyramidal cymes
subtype: #creeping_St_John's_wort__Hypericum_calycinum creeping evergreen shrub with bright yellow star-shaped summer flowers; useful as ground cover
subtype: #orange_grass__nitweed__pineweed__Hypericum_gentianoides annual wiry-stemmed North American weed with minute scalelike leaves and small yellow flowers
subtype: #St_Andrews's_cross__Hypericum_crux_andrae shrubby plant having yellow to apricot flowers with four petals arranged in a cross; southeastern United States: New York to Texas
subtype: #low_St_Andrew's_cross__Hypericum_hypericoides low shrubby plant having yellow flowers with four petals arranged in a cross; Bermuda and southeastern United States to West Indies and eastern Mexico
subtype: #klammath_weed__Hypericum_perforatum yellow-flowered perennial common in fields and waste places but a weed in rangelands
subtype: #shrubby_St_John's_wort__Hypericum_prolificum__Hypericum_spathulatum stiff shrub having oblong entire leaves and dense cymes of yellow flowers
subtype: #St_Peter's_wort__Hypericum_tetrapterum__Hypericum_maculatum European perennial St John's wort; Ireland and France to western Siberia
subtype: #marsh_St-John's_wort__Hypericum_virginianum perennial marsh herb with pink to mauve flowers; southeastern United States
subtype: #false_heather__falseheather__golden_heather__Hudsonia_ericoides North American decumbent evergreen heathlike plant with yellow flowers
subtype: #beach_heather__beachheather__poverty_grass__povertygras__Hudsonia_tomentosa small heathlike plant covered with white down growing on beaches in northeastern North America
subtype: #partridge_pea__partridgepea__sensitive_pea__sensitivepea__wild_sensitive_plant__Chamaecrista_fasciculata__Cassia_fasciculata tropical American plant having leaflets somewhat sensitive to the touch; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
subtype: #sicklepod__Senna_obtusifolia__Cassia_tora cosmopolitan tropical herb or subshrub with yellow flowers and slender curved pods; a weed; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
subtype: #tick_trefoil__beggar_lice__beggar's_lice any of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or loments
subtype: #beggarweed__Desmodium_tortuosum__Desmodium_purpureum West Indian forage plant cultivated in southern United States as forage and to improve soil
subtype: #sweet_vetch__sweetvetch__Hedysarum_boreale perennial of western United States having racemes of pink to purple flowers followed by flat pods that separate into nearly orbicular joints
subtype: #French_honeysuckle__sulla__Hedysarum_coronarium perennial of southern Europe cultivated for forage and for its nectar-rich pink flowers that make it an important honey crop
subtype: #horseshoe_vetch__horseshoevetch__Hippocrepis_comosa European woody perennial with yellow umbellate flowers followed by flattened pods that separate into horseshoe-shaped joints
subtype: #cube.plant any of several tropical American woody plants of the genus Lonchocarpus whose roots are used locally as a fish poison and commercially as a source of rotenone
subtype: #prairie_bird's-foot_trefoil__compass_plant__compassplant__prairie_lotus__prairielotu__prairie_trefoil__prairietrefoil__Lotus_americanus North American annual with red or rose-colored flowers
subtype: #coral_gem__coralgem__Lotus_berthelotii low-growing much-branched perennial of Canary Islands having orange-red to scarlet or purple flowers; naturalized in United States
subtype: #bird's_foot_clover__bird's_foot_trefoil__babies'_slippers__bacon_and_eggs__Lotus_corniculatus European forage plant having claw-shaped pods introduced in America
subtype: #wild_lupine__sundial_lupine__sundiallupine__Indian_beet__old-maid's_bonnet__Lupinus_perennis stout perennial of eastern and central North America having palmate leaves and showy racemose blue flowers
subtype: #Ononis_repens__restharrow European woody plant having pink flowers and unifoliate leaves and long tough roots; spreads by underground runners
subtype: #restharrow__Ononis_spinosa Eurasian plant having loose racemes of pink or purple flowers and spiny stems and tough roots
subtype: #hoary_pea__hoarypea a plant of the genus Tephrosia having pinnate leaves and white or purplish flowers and flat hairy pods
subtype: #Tephrosia_purpurea__bastard_indigo__bastardindigo East Indian shrub
subtype: #catgut__goat's_rue__wild_sweet_pea__Tephrosia_virginiana perennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy leaves yellowish and rose flowers and; source of rotenone
subtype: #prince's-feather__princess_feather__kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate__prince's-plume__Polygonum_orientale annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers; southeastern Asia and Australia; naturalized in North America
subtype: #eriogonum any plant of the genus Eriogonum with small clustered flowers
subtype: #Eriogonum_allenii__umbrella_plant late-blooming perennial plant of shale barrens of Virginia having flowers in flat-topped clusters
subtype: #wild_buckwheat__California_buckwheat__Erigonum_fasciculatum low-growing shrub with spreading branches and flowers in loose heads; desert regions of western United States (California to Utah)
subtype: #mountain_avens__Dryas_octopetala creeping evergreen shrub with large white flowers; widely distributed in northern portions of Eurasia and North America
subtype: #avens__aven any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers
subtype: #Geum_alleppicum_strictum__yellow_avens__Geum_strictum erect subshrub with deep yellow flowers; Europe and Asia and North America
subtype: #Geum_canadense__bennet__white_avens North American white-flowered avens
subtype: #yellow_avens__Geum_macrophyllum hairy yellow-flowered plant of eastern Asia and North America
subtype: #water_avens__wateraven__Indian_chocolate__purple_avens__chocolate_root__chocolateroot__Geum_rivale erect perennial of north temperate zone having pinnate leaves and few nodding flowers with brown-purple calyx and orange-pink petals
subtype: #prairie_smoke__prairiesmoke__purple_avens__Geum_triflorum North American perennial with hairy basal pinnate leaves and purple flowers and plume-tipped fruits
subtype: #herb_bennet__cloveroot__wood_avens__Geum_urbanum hairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally
subtype: #bennet__white_avens__Geum_virginianum avens of Virginia having pale or greenish yellow flowers
subtype: #Western_sand_cherry__Rocky_Mountains_cherry__Prunus_besseyi dwarf ornamental shrub of western United States having large black to red and yellow sweet edible fruit
subtype: #woodruff any plant of the genus Asperula
subtype: #dyer's_woodruff__Asperula_tinctoria creeping European perennial having red or pinkish-white flowers and red roots sometimes used as a substitute for madder in dyeing
subtype: #twinflower__Linnaea_borealis creeping evergreen subshrub of the northern parts of Europe and Asia with delicate fragrant tubular bell-shaped usually pink flowers borne in pairs
subtype: #American_twinflower__Linnaea_borealis_americana similar to the twinflower of northern Europe and Asia
subtype: #milkwort any of various plants of the genus Polygala
subtype: #Polygala_alba__senega perennial bushy herb of Central and southern United States having white flowers with green centers and often purple crest; similar to Seneca snakeroot
subtype: #orange_milkwort__yellow_milkwort__candyweed__yellow_bachelor's_button__Polygala_lutea bog plant of pine barrens of southeastern United States having spikes of irregular yellow-orange flowers
subtype: #flowering_wintergreen__floweringwintergreen__gaywings__bird-on-the-wing__fringed_polygala__fringedpolygala__Polygala_paucifolia common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals
subtype: #Seneca_snakeroot__Seneka_snakeroot__senga_root__sengaroot__senega_root__senega_snakeroot__Polygala_senega eastern North American plant having a terminal cluster of small white flowers and medicinal roots
subtype: #common_milkwort__gand_flower__Polygala_vulgaris small European perennial with numerous branches having racemes of blue, pink or white flowers; formerly reputed to promote human lactation
subtype: #caltrop__devil's_weed__devil'sweed__Tribulus_terestris tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture weed
subtype: #pachysandra any plant of the genus Pachysandra; low-growing evergreen herbs or subshrubs having dentate leaves and used as ground cover
subtype: #Allegheny_spurge__Allegheny_mountain_spurge__Pachysandra_procumbens low semi-evergreen perennial herb having small spikes of white or pinkish flowers; native to southern United States but grown elsewhere
subtype: #Japanese_spurge__Pachysandra_terminalis slow-growing Japanese evergreen subshrub having terminal spikes of white flowers; grown as a ground cover
subtype: #pinwheel__Aeonium_haworthii perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels
subtype: #phlomis any of various plants of the genus Phlomis; grown primarily for their dense whorls of lipped flowers and attractive foliage
subtype: #Jerusalem_sage__Phlomis_fruticosa a spreading subshrub of Mediterranean regions cultivated for dense axillary whorls of purple or yellow flowers
subtype: #germander any of various plants of the genus Teucrium
subtype: #American_germander__wood_sage__Teucrium_canadense subshrub with serrate leaves and cream to pink or purple flowers in spikelike racemes; North America
subtype: #wall_germander__Teucrium_chamaedrys European perennial subshrub with red-purple or bright rose flowers with red and white spots
subtype: #cat_thyme__catthyme__marum__Teucrium_marum Mediterranean germander having small hairy leaves and reddish purple flowers; attractive to cats
subtype: #wood_sage__Teucrium_scorodonia European germander with one-sided racemes of yellow flowers; naturalized in North America
subtype: #blue_curls any of several plants of the genus Trichostema having whorls of small blue flowers
subtype: #black_sage__blacksage__wooly_blue_curls__California_romero__Trichostema_lanatum aromatic wooly-leaved plant of southern California and Mexico
subtype: #turpentine_camphor_weed__camphorweed__vinegarweed__Trichostema_lanceolatum aromatic plant of western United States
subtype: #bastard_pennyroyal__bastardpennyroyal__Trichostema_dichotomum aromatic plant of the eastern United States
subtype: #eryngo__eringo any plant of the genus Eryngium
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