English > genus Aureolaria: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | small genus of North American herbs often root-parasitic and bearing golden-yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia. |
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Synonym | Aureolaria |
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Member of | Scrophulariaceae, family Scrophulariaceae, figwort family, foxglove family | A family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales |
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Members | false foxglove, Aureolaria pedicularia, Gerardia pedicularia | multi-stemmed North American annual having solitary axillary dark golden-yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove |
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false foxglove, Aureolaria virginica, Gerardia virginica | sparsely branched North American perennial with terminal racemes of bright yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove |
Broader | asterid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs |
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Spanish | aureolaria, genus aureolaria |
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Catalan | aureolaria, genus aureolaria |
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