NOUN | plant | 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 |
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Meaning | perennial of southwestern United States having leathery blue-green pinnatifid leaves and thick plumelike spikes of yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Cleome. | |
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Synonyms | prince's-plume, Stanleya pinnata, Cleome pinnata | |
Member of | Stanleya, genus Stanleya | prince's plume |
Broader | subshrub, suffrutex | low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base |
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