subshrub

Synonyms:

suffrutex

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darling pea, poison bush

either of two Australian plants of the genus Swainsona that are poisonous to sheep

Amsonia tabernaemontana, blue star

subshrubs of southeastern United States forming slow-growing clumps and having blue flowers in short terminal cymes

periwinkle

chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers

Aralia nudicaulis, false sarsaparilla, wild sarsaparilla, wild sarsparilla

common perennial herb having aromatic roots used as a substitute for sarsaparilla; central and eastern North America

American spikenard, Aralia racemosa, life-of-man, petty morel

unarmed woody rhizomatous perennial plant distinguished from wild sarsaparilla by more aromatic roots and panicled umbels; southeastern North America to Mexico

Aralia hispida, bristly sarsaparilla, bristly sarsparilla, dwarf elder

bristly herb of eastern and central North America having black fruit and medicinal bark

bloodleaf

any plant of the genus Iresine having colored foliage

Cleome pinnata, Stanleya pinnata, desert plume, prince's-plume

perennial of southwestern United States having leathery blue-green pinnatifid leaves and thick plumelike spikes of yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Cleome

California tree poppy, Romneya coulteri, matilija poppy

tall branching subshrub of California and Mexico often cultivated for its silvery-blue foliage and large fragrant white flowers

burdock, clotbur

any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs

Argyranthemum frutescens, Chrysanthemum frutescens, Paris daisy, marguerite, marguerite daisy

perennial subshrub of the Canary Islands having usually pale yellow daisylike flowers; often included in genus Chrysanthemum

wormwood

any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium

sage brush, sagebrush

any of several North American composite subshrubs of the genera Artemis or Seriphidium

beggar's-ticks, beggar-ticks, bur marigold, burr marigold, sticktight

any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing

centaury

any plant of the genus Centaurea

matchbush, matchweed

any of several plants of the genus Gutierrezia having tiny flower heads that resemble the heads of matches

Parthenium argentatum, guayule

much-branched subshrub with silvery leaves and small white flowers of Texas and northern Mexico; cultivated as a source of rubber

American feverfew, Parthenium integrifolium, prairie dock, wild quinine

stout perennial herb of the eastern United States with whitish flowers; leaves traditionally used by Catawba Indians to treat burns

bastard pimpernel, chaffweed, false pimpernel

weedy plant having short dry chafflike leaves

thrift

any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers

marsh rosemary, sea lavender, statice

any of various plants of the genus Limonium of temperate salt marshes having spikes of white or mauve flowers

corchorus

any of various plants of the genus Corchorus having large leaves and cymose clusters of yellow flowers; a source of jute

diapensia

any boreal low-growing evergreen plant of the genus Diapensia

loosestrife

any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum

deer grass, meadow beauty

any of several plants of the genus Rhexia usually having pink-purple to magenta flowers; eastern North America

St John's wort

any of numerous plants of the genus Hypericum having yellow flowers and transparently dotted leaves; traditionally gathered on St John's eve to ward off evil

Hudsonia ericoides, false heather, golden heather

North American decumbent evergreen heathlike plant with yellow flowers

Hudsonia tomentosa, beach heather, poverty grass

small heathlike plant covered with white down growing on beaches in northeastern North America

Cassia fasciculata, Chamaecrista fasciculata, partridge pea, sensitive pea, wild sensitive plant

tropical American plant having leaflets somewhat sensitive to the touch; sometimes placed in genus Cassia

Cassia tora, Senna obtusifolia, sicklepod

cosmopolitan tropical herb or subshrub with yellow flowers and slender curved pods; a weed; sometimes placed in genus Cassia

beggar lice, beggar's lice, tick trefoil

any of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or loments

Hedysarum boreale, sweet vetch

perennial of western United States having racemes of pink to purple flowers followed by flat pods that separate into nearly orbicular joints

French honeysuckle, Hedysarum coronarium, sulla

perennial of southern Europe cultivated for forage and for its nectar-rich pink flowers that make it an important honey crop

Hippocrepis comosa, horseshoe vetch

European woody perennial with yellow umbellate flowers followed by flattened pods that separate into horseshoe-shaped joints

cube

any of several tropical American woody plants of the genus Lonchocarpus whose roots are used locally as a fish poison and commercially as a source of rotenone

Lotus americanus, compass plant, prairie bird's-foot trefoil, prairie lotus, prairie trefoil

North American annual with red or rose-colored flowers

Lotus berthelotii, coral gem

low-growing much-branched perennial of Canary Islands having orange-red to scarlet or purple flowers; naturalized in United States

Lotus corniculatus, babies' slippers, bacon and eggs, bird's foot clover, bird's foot trefoil

European forage plant having claw-shaped pods introduced in America

Indian beet, Lupinus perennis, old-maid's bonnet, sundial lupine, wild lupine

stout perennial of eastern and central North America having palmate leaves and showy racemose blue flowers

Ononis repens, rest-harrow, restharrow

European woody plant having pink flowers and unifoliate leaves and long tough roots; spreads by underground runners

Ononis spinosa, rest-harrow, restharrow

Eurasian plant having loose racemes of pink or purple flowers and spiny stems and tough roots

hoary pea

a plant of the genus Tephrosia having pinnate leaves and white or purplish flowers and flat hairy pods

Polygonum orientale, kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate, prince's-feather, prince's-plume, princess feather

annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers; southeastern Asia and Australia; naturalized in North America

eriogonum

any plant of the genus Eriogonum with small clustered flowers

Dryas octopetala, mountain avens

creeping evergreen shrub with large white flowers; widely distributed in northern portions of Eurasia and North America

avens

any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers

Prunus besseyi, Rocky Mountains cherry, Western sand cherry

dwarf ornamental shrub of western United States having large black to red and yellow sweet edible fruit

woodruff

any plant of the genus Asperula

Linnaea borealis, twinflower

creeping evergreen subshrub of the northern parts of Europe and Asia with delicate fragrant tubular bell-shaped usually pink flowers borne in pairs

milkwort

any of various plants of the genus Polygala

Tribulus terestris, caltrop, devil's weed

tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture weed

pachysandra

any plant of the genus Pachysandra; low-growing evergreen herbs or subshrubs having dentate leaves and used as ground cover

Aeonium haworthii, pinwheel

perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels

phlomis

any of various plants of the genus Phlomis; grown primarily for their dense whorls of lipped flowers and attractive foliage

Jerusalem sage, Phlomis fruticosa

a spreading subshrub of Mediterranean regions cultivated for dense axillary whorls of purple or yellow flowers

germander

any of various plants of the genus Teucrium

blue curls

any of several plants of the genus Trichostema having whorls of small blue flowers

eringo, eryngo

any plant of the genus Eryngium

Swainsona galegifolia, smooth darling pea

erect or trailing perennial of eastern Australia having axillary racemes of blue to purple or red flowers

Swainsona grandiflora, Swainsona greyana, hairy darling pea

shrubby perennial of southern Australia having downy or woolly stems and undersides of leaves and racemes of red to pink flowers

Vinca minor, myrtle

widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers

Vinca major, large periwinkle

plant having variegated foliage and used for window boxes

Iresine herbstii, Iresine reticulata, beef plant, beefsteak plant

South American plant having green to purple or red branches with green to purple ornamental foliage and spikes of insignificant woolly flowers with dry membranous bracts

Arctium minus, common burdock, lesser burdock

a plant that is ubiquitous in all but very acid soil; found in most of Europe and North Africa

Arctium lappa, cocklebur, great burdock, greater burdock

burdock having heart-shaped leaves found in open woodland, hedgerows and rough grassland of Europe (except extreme N) and Asia Minor; sometimes cultivated for medicinal and culinary use

mugwort

any of several weedy composite plants of the genus Artemisia

Artemisia abrotanum, southernwood

shrubby European wormwood naturalized in North America; sometimes used in brewing beer

Artemisia absinthium, absinthe, common wormwood, lad's love, old man

aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe

Artemisia annua, sweet wormwood

wormwood of southeastern Europe to Iran

Artemisia californica, California sage, California sagebrush

low ashy-grey California shrub

Artemisia campestris, field wormwood

European wormwood similar to common wormwood in its properties

Artemisia filifolia, sand sage, silvery wormwood

silver-haired shrub of central and southern United States and Mexico; a troublesome weed on rangelands

Artemisia frigida, prairie sagewort, wormwood sage

silky-leaved aromatic perennial of dry northern parts of the northern hemisphere; has tawny florets

Artemis pontica, Roman wormwood

European wormwood; minor source of absinthe

Artemis spinescens, bud brush, bud sagebrush

a perennial that is valuable as sheep forage in the United States

Artemisia stelleriana, beach wormwood, dusty miller, old woman

herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant

Bidens bipinnata, Spanish needles

common bur marigold of the eastern United States

Bidens coronata, Bidens trichosperma, tickseed sunflower

North American bur marigold with large flowers

Bidens tripartita, European beggar-ticks, trifid beggar-ticks, trifid bur marigold

bur marigold of temperate Eurasia

Bidens connata, swampy beggar-ticks

bur marigold of eastern and northern United States and Canada common in wet pastures and meadows

Centaurea americana, basket flower

annual of southwestern United States cultivated for its purple flower heads and its bracts that resemble small baskets

Centaurea cineraria, Centaurea gymnocarpa, dusty miller

a plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust

Centauria calcitrapa, caltrop, star-thistle

Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America

knapweed

any of various plants of the genus Centaurea having purple thistlelike flowers

Gutierrezia microcephala, little-head snakeweed

similar to Gutierrezia sarothrae but with flower heads having fewer rays and disk flowers

Gutierrezia sarothrae, broom snakeroot, broom snakeweed, rabbit-weed, rabbitweed, snakeweed, turpentine weed

low-growing sticky subshrub of southwestern United States having narrow linear leaves on many slender branches and hundreds of tiny yellow flower heads

Gutierrezia texana, broom-weed, broomweed

annual of southwestern United States having rigid woody branches with sticky foliage and yellow flowers

Artemisia cana, Seriphidium canum, gray sage, grey sage, silver sage, silver sagebrush

low much-branched perennial of western United States having silvery leaves; an important browse and shelter plant

Artemisia maritima, Seriphidium maritimum, sea wormwood

plants of western and northern European coasts

Artemisia tridentata, Seriphidium tridentatum, big sagebrush, blue sage

aromatic shrub of arid regions of western North America having hoary leaves

Armeria maritima, cliff rose, sea pink

tufted thrift of seacoasts and mountains of north temperate zone; occasionally grown as a ground cover

Lythrum salicaria, purple loosestrife, spiked loosestrife

marsh herb with a long spike of purple flowers; originally of Europe but now rampant in eastern United States

Lythrum hyssopifolia, grass poly, hyssop loosestrife

annual with small solitary pink flowers; originally of Europe but widely naturalized in moist areas

Hypericum androsaemum, common St John's wort, tutsan

deciduous bushy Eurasian shrub with golden yellow flowers and reddish-purple fruits from which a soothing salve is made in Spain

Hypericum ascyron, Hypericum pyramidatum, great St John's wort

perennial shrub having large star-shaped yellow flowers in narrowly pyramidal cymes

Hypericum calycinum, creeping St John's wort

creeping evergreen shrub with bright yellow star-shaped summer flowers; useful as ground cover

Hypericum gentianoides, nitweed, orange grass, pine-weed, pineweed

annual wiry-stemmed North American weed with minute scalelike leaves and small yellow flowers

Hypericum crux andrae, St Andrews's cross

shrubby plant having yellow to apricot flowers with four petals arranged in a cross; southeastern United States: New York to Texas

Hypericum hypericoides, low St Andrew's cross

low shrubby plant having yellow flowers with four petals arranged in a cross; Bermuda and southeastern United States to West Indies and eastern Mexico

Hypericum perforatum, klammath weed

yellow-flowered perennial common in fields and waste places but a weed in rangelands

Hypericum prolificum, Hypericum spathulatum, shrubby St John's wort

stiff shrub having oblong entire leaves and dense cymes of yellow flowers

Hypericum maculatum, Hypericum tetrapterum, St Peter's wort

European perennial St John's wort; Ireland and France to western Siberia

Hypericum virginianum, marsh St-John's wort

perennial marsh herb with pink to mauve flowers; southeastern United States

Desmodium purpureum, Desmodium tortuosum, beggarweed

West Indian forage plant cultivated in southern United States as forage and to improve soil

Tephrosia purpurea, bastard indigo

East Indian shrub

Tephrosia virginiana, catgut, goat's rue, wild sweet pea

perennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy leaves yellowish and rose flowers and; source of rotenone

Eriogonum allenii, umbrella plant

late blooming perennial plant of shale barrens of Virginia having flowers in flat-topped clusters

California buckwheat, Erigonum fasciculatum, wild buckwheat

low-growing shrub with spreading branches and flowers in loose heads; desert regions of western United States (California to Utah)

Geum alleppicum strictum, Geum strictum, yellow avens

erect subshrub with deep yellow flowers; Europe and Asia and North America

Geum canadense, bennet, white avens

North American white-flowered avens

Geum macrophyllum, yellow avens

hairy yellow-flowered plant of eastern Asia and North America

Geum rivale, Indian chocolate, chocolate root, purple avens, water avens

erect perennial of north temperate zone having pinnate leaves and a few nodding flowers with a brown-purple calyx and orange and pink petals

Geum triflorum, prairie smoke, purple avens

North American perennial with hairy basal pinnate leaves and purple flowers and plume-tipped fruits

Geum urbanum, clover-root, cloveroot, herb bennet, wood avens

hairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally

Geum virginianum, bennet, white avens

avens of Virginia having pale or greenish yellow flowers

Asperula tinctoria, dyer's woodruff

creeping European perennial having red or pinkish-white flowers and red roots sometimes used as a substitute for madder in dyeing

American twinflower, Linnaea borealis americana

similar to the twinflower of northern Europe and Asia

Polygala alba, senega

perennial bushy herb of central and southern United States having white flowers with green centers and often purple crest; similar to Seneca snakeroot

Polygala lutea, candyweed, orange milkwort, yellow bachelor's button, yellow milkwort

bog plant of pine barrens of southeastern United States having spikes of irregular yellow-orange flowers

Polygala paucifolia, bird-on-the-wing, flowering wintergreen, fringed polygala, gaywings

common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals

Polygala senega, Seneca snakeroot, Seneka snakeroot, senega root, senega snakeroot, senga root

eastern North American plant having a terminal cluster of small white flowers and medicinal roots

Polygala vulgaris, common milkwort, gand flower

small European perennial with numerous branches having racemes of blue, pink or white flowers; formerly reputed to promote human lactation

Allegheny mountain spurge, Allegheny spurge, Pachysandra procumbens

low semi-evergreen perennial herb having small spikes of white or pinkish flowers; native to southern United States but grown elsewhere

Japanese spurge, Pachysandra terminalis

slow-growing Japanese evergreen subshrub having terminal spikes of white flowers; grown as a ground cover

American germander, Teucrium canadense, wood sage

subshrub with serrate leaves and cream-colored to pink or purple flowers in spikelike racemes; North America

Teucrium chamaedrys, wall germander

European perennial subshrub with red-purple or bright rose flowers with red and white spots

Teucrium marum, cat thyme, marum

Mediterranean germander having small hairy leaves and reddish purple flowers; attractive to cats

Teucrium scorodonia, wood sage

European germander with one-sided racemes of yellow flowers; naturalized in North America

California romero, Trichostema lanatum, black sage, wooly blue curls

an aromatic plant with wooly leaves found in southern California and Mexico

Trichostema lanceolatum, camphorweed, turpentine camphor weed, vinegarweed

aromatic plant of western United States

Trichostema dichotomum, bastard pennyroyal

aromatic plant of the eastern United States

Type of:

bush, shrub

a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems