English > genus Liatris: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | genus of perennial North American herbs with aromatic usually cormous roots. |
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Synonym | Liatris |
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Member of | Compositae, family Compositae, Asteraceae, family Asteraceae, aster family | plants with heads composed of many florets |
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Members | blazing star, button snakeroot, gayfeather, gay-feather, snakeroot | Any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads |
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Broader | asterid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs |
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Spanish | genus liatris, liatris |
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Catalan | genus liatris, liatris |
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