Herbalism. = innocence, n. 6. U.S.

‘An old garden name for the genus Phlox’ (Britten & Holland).

(a) the American Turk's-cap lily, Lilium superbum; (b) the genus Zephyranthes, of Mexico, South America, and the West Indies; (c) the lizard's-tail…

A plant, Zephyranthes atamasco, of the south-eastern U.S., bearing a single lily-like flower.

In form Phlox: a genus of annual and perennial herbaceous plants and subshrubs (family Polemoniaceae), mostly native to North America, having…

With defining word, applied by gardeners to various plants of other genera: see quots.

any of various plants of the genus Castilleja (or, formerly, of the related genus Bartsia), having brightly coloured calyces; cf. paintbrush, n. 2.

U.S. The moss pink, Phlox subulata.

Any of numerous annual plants of the genus Phacelia (family Hydrophyllaceae), mostly native to south-west North America, bearing blue, violet, or…

A popular name of Houstonia cærulea, a North American plant, with small blue four-cleft flowers, also called Bluet.

A genus of annual herbaceous plants (family Hydrophyllaceae) native to western North America; (also nemophila) a plant of this genus, esp.…

A plant belonging to the genus so called, belonging to the family Œnotheraceæ, and including several species of annual herbs native to North America.

A genus of North American perennial herbaceous plants (family Lamiaceae (Labiatae)), bearing spikes of pink or white flowers, with a persistent…

a popular name for a plant of the species Apocynum androsæmifolium; also a plant of the N. American species Lewisia rediviva; (see also quot. 1909).

a North American herbaceous plant frequently cultivated for its tall spikes of bright red and yellow tubular flowers, Ipomopsis rubra (family Polemoni…

a North American aquatic plant of the genus Floerkea (family Limnanthaceae); also false mermaid-weed.

a plant of the U.S., Physostegia virginiana.

U.S. A Western name for the American Cowslip, Dodecatheon Meadia.

A small perennial herb of the genus so called, belonging to the family Portulacaceæ, native to western North America, and bearing solitary or…

Any of several blue-eyed grasses of (or formerly included in) the genus Sisyrinchium; esp. Olsynium douglasii, which is native to western North…

(see quot. 1891).

any of several plants of the North American genus Nemophila (family Boraginaceae), which comprises low-growing annuals, typically with…

North American. Any of various other North American spring-flowering plants, such as the anemone, hepatica, and pasque flower (see quots.).

Any of various perennial plants constituting the genus Agastache (family Lamiaceae (Labiatae)), native chiefly to North America, having multiple…

the ornamental plant Physostegia virginiana (family Lamiaceae (Labiatae)), whose flowers, if moved sideways, remain in their new position; cf. Physos…

North American. The plant bitter root, Lewisia rediviva (family Portulacaceae), a small perennial herb native to western North America with…

= Virginia cowslip n.

With distinguishing word. U.S. regional. A biscuitroot (genus Lomatium), esp. the desert biscuitroot, L. foeniculaceum.

an ornamental annual plant native to California, Limnanthes douglasii (family Limnanthaceae), bearing white flowers with yellow centres; also called m…

In plural = poached egg flower n. at compounds. rare.

= poached egg flower n.