HyperDic: pickeringia_montana

English > 1 sense of the expression Pickeringia montana:
NOUNplantPickeringia montana, chaparral pea, stingaree-bushspiny evergreen xerophytic shrub having showy rose and purple flowers and forming dense thickets
English > Pickeringia montana: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningSpiny evergreen xerophytic shrub having showy rose and purple flowers and forming dense thickets; of dry rocky mountain slopes of California.
Synonymschaparral pea, stingaree-bush
Member ofPickeringia, genus PickeringiaOne species
Broadershrub, bushA low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

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