» genus amsonia
Noun (1 meaning)
1. genus of herbs and subshrubs with milky juice and showy bluish flowers; Europe to Asia Minor to Japan and North America.
genus amsonia is a type of:
- dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus (noun) - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
genus amsonia is a member of:
- Apocynaceae, family Apocynaceae, dogbane family (noun) - chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers
members of genus amsonia:
- blue star, Amsonia tabernaemontana (noun) - subshrubs of southeastern United States forming slow-growing clumps and having blue flowers in short terminal cymes