HyperDic: genus_aureolaria

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Aureolaria:
NOUNplantgenus Aureolaria, Aureolariasmall genus of North American herbs often root-parasitic and bearing golden-yellow flowers
English > genus Aureolaria: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningsmall genus of North American herbs often root-parasitic and bearing golden-yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia.
SynonymAureolaria
Member ofScrophulariaceae, family Scrophulariaceae, figwort family, foxglove familyA family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales
Membersfalse foxglove, Aureolaria pedicularia, Gerardia pediculariamulti-stemmed North American annual having solitary axillary dark golden-yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove
false foxglove, Aureolaria virginica, Gerardia virginicasparsely branched North American perennial with terminal racemes of bright yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove
Broaderasterid dicot genusgenus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
Spanishaureolaria, genus aureolaria
Catalanaureolaria, genus aureolaria

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