snakeroot

1. A plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruit;
   Reputed to have healing powers (synset 112964203)
   is a type of: herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
   subtypes:

   • footsteps-of-spring, sanicula arctopoides - sanicle of northwestern United States and British Columbia having yellow flowers
   • purple sanicle, sanicula bipinnatifida - sanicle of northwestern United States and British Columbia having yellow or red or purple flowers
   • european sanicle, sanicula europaea - sanicle of Europe and Asia having white to pale pink flowers
   belongs to: genus sanicula, sanicula - chiefly American herbs: sanicle
   same as: sanicle
2. Any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads (synset 112011732)
   is a type of: wild flower, wildflower - wild or uncultivated flowering plant
   subtypes:

   • dotted gayfeather, liatris punctata - herb with many stems bearing narrow slender wands of crowded rose-lavender flowers; central United States and Canada to Texas and northern Mexico
   • dense blazing star, liatris pycnostachya - perennial of southeastern and central United States having very dense spikes of purple flowers; often cultivated for cut flowers
   belongs to: genus liatris, liatris - genus of perennial North American herbs with aromatic usually cormous roots
   same as: blazing star, button snakeroot, gay-feather, gayfeather

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