genus suksdorfia

Noun
  1. Small genus of rhizomatous herbs of northwestern America and South America (synset 112823008)
    is a type of: rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants
    member holonym:
    • suksdorfia - any of several American plants of the genus Suksdorfia having orbicular to kidney-shaped somewhat succulent leaves and white or rose or violet flowers in terminal panicles
    • suksdorfia violaceae, violet suksdorfia - slender delicate plant with wide roundish deeply lobed leaves and deep pink to violet funnel-shaped flowers; British Columbia to northern Oregon and west to Idaho and Montana
    belongs to: family saxifragaceae, saxifragaceae, saxifrage family - a large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs; widely distributed in northern temperate and cold regions; sometimes includes genera of the family Hydrangeaceae

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