shrub

/ʃrəb/

/ʃrəb/

Other forms: shrubs

A shrub is a short, tree-like plant with many stems or branches. If you want to tastefully spruce up your front yard, you might plant a flowering shrub or two — or maybe you're the type who would prefer some plastic garden gnomes.

Shrubs are similar to trees with two exceptions: they are shorter and have more individual stems, rather than a wide, thick trunk. Some plants, like a hazelnut, can grow into either a shrub or a tree. You can also call a shrub a bush. The origin of shrub is a bit uncertain, but some experts believe it shares a Scandinavian root with the Norwegian skrubba, "dwarf tree."

Definitions of shrub

1. noun

   a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
   synonyms: bush

   types:

   Catha edulis

   a shrub that is cultivated by Arabs for its leaves which are chewed or used to make tea

   ephedra, joint fir

   jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seeds

   Podocarpus nivalis, alpine totara

   low wide-spreading coniferous shrub of New Zealand mountains

   Chilean rimu, Lepidothamnus fonkii

   about the hardiest Podocarpaceae species; prostrate spreading shrub similar to mountain rimu; mountains of southern Chile

   Dacridium laxifolius, Lepidothamnus laxifolius, mountain rimu

   low-growing to prostrate shrub with slender trailing branches; New Zealand

   Microstrobos niphophilus, Tasman dwarf pine

   small shrub or Tasmania having short stiff branches

   barberry

   any of numerous plants of the genus Berberis having prickly stems and yellow flowers followed by small red berries

   Caulophyllum thalictrioides, Caulophyllum thalictroides, blue cohosh, blueberry root, papoose root, papooseroot, squaw root, squawroot

   tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally

   Mahonia aquifolium, Oregon grape, Oregon holly grape, holly-leaves barberry, hollygrape, mountain grape

   ornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berries

   Mahonia nervosa, Oregon grape

   small shrub with grey-green leaves and yellow flowers followed by glaucous blue berries

   allspice

   deciduous shrubs having aromatic bark; eastern China; southwestern and eastern United States

   Chimonanthus praecox, Japan allspice, Japanese allspice, winter sweet

   deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow flowers

   American spicebush, Benjamin bush, Benzoin odoriferum, Lindera benzoin, spice bush, spicebush

   deciduous shrub of the eastern United States having highly aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by scarlet or yellow berries

   Pseudowintera colorata, Wintera colorata, pepper shrub

   evergreen shrub or small tree whose foliage is conspicuously blotched with red and yellow and having small black fruits

   Myrica gale, Scotch gale, sweet gale

   bog shrub of north temperate zone having bitter-tasting fragrant leaves

   wax myrtle

   any shrub or small tree of the genus Myrica with aromatic foliage and small wax-coated berries

   Comptonia asplenifolia, Comptonia peregrina, sweet fern

   deciduous shrub of eastern North America with sweet scented fernlike leaves and tiny white flowers

   Leitneria floridana, corkwood, corkwood tree

   very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood

   mimosa

   any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Mimosa having usually yellow flowers and compound leaves

   Anadenanthera colubrina, Piptadenia macrocarpa

   Brazilian shrub having twice-pinnate leaves and small spicate flowers followed by flat or irregularly torulose pods; sometimes placed in genus Piptadenia

   calliandra

   any of various shrubs and small trees valued for their fine foliage and attractive spreading habit and clustered white to deep pink or red flowers

   Lysiloma sabicu, sabicu

   West Indian tree yielding a hard dark brown wood resembling mahogany in texture and value

   Pithecellodium unguis-cati, black bead, cat's-claw, catclaw

   erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds; West Indies and Florida

   mesquit, mesquite

   any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar

   Acocanthera oblongifolia, Acocanthera spectabilis, poison arrow plant, winter sweet

   medium-sized shrubby tree of South Africa having thick leathery evergreen leaves and white or pink flowers and globose usually two-seeded purplish black fruits

   Acocanthera oppositifolia, Acocanthera venenata, bushman's poison, ordeal tree

   evergreen shrub or tree of South Africa

   Adenium multiflorum, Adenium obesum, desert rose, impala lily, kudu lily, mock azalia

   South African shrub having a swollen succulent stem and bearing showy pink and white flowers after the leaves fall; popular as an ornamental in tropics

   carissa

   a shrub of the genus Carissa having fragrant white flowers and plumlike red to purple-black fruits

   frangipani, frangipanni

   any of various tropical American deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus Plumeria having milky sap and showy fragrant funnel-shaped variously colored flowers

   rauvolfia, rauwolfia

   any shrub or small tree of the genus Rauwolfia having leaves in whorls and cymose flowers; yield substances used medicinally especially as emetics or purgatives or antihypertensives

   strophanthus

   any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Strophanthus having whorled leaves and showy flowers of various colors in dense and corymbose clusters; some have poisonous seeds

   Adam's apple, East Indian rosebay, Nero's crown, Tabernaemontana divaricate, coffee rose, crape jasmine, crepe gardenia, crepe jasmine, pinwheel flower

   tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand

   Thevetia neriifolia, Thevetia peruviana, yellow oleander

   tropical American shrub or small tree having glossy dark green leaves and fragrant saffron yellow to orange or peach- colored flowers; all parts highly poisonous

   American angelica tree, Aralia spinosa, Hercules'-club, devil's walking stick

   small deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub of eastern United States

   Aralia elata, Japanese angelica tree

   deciduous clump-forming Asian shrub or small tree; adventive in the eastern United States

   Aralia stipulata, Chinese angelica, Chinese angelica tree

   similar to American angelica tree but less prickly; China

   Brassaia actinophylla, Schefflera actinophylla, umbrella tree

   erect evergreen shrub or small tree of Australia and northern New Guinea having palmately compound leaves

   Batis maritima, saltwort

   low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves

   saltbush

   any of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in dry alkaline soil

   Bassia scoparia, Kochia scoparia, belvedere, burning bush, fire bush, fire-bush, summer cypress

   densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn

   Cycloloma atriplicifolium, tumbleweed, winged pigweed

   bushy annual weed of central North America having greenish flowers and winged seeds

   Salsola kali, Salsola soda, barilla, glasswort, kali, kelpwort, saltwort

   bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash

   Russian cactus, Russian thistle, Russian tumbleweed, Salsola kali tenuifolia, tumbleweed

   prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United States

   Sarcobatus vermiculatus, black greasewood, greasewood

   low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America

   caper

   any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis

   Biscutalla laevigata, buckler mustard

   plant of southeastern Europe having yellow flowers like those of mustard and pods with open valves resembling bucklers

   bush poppy, tree poppy

   evergreen shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico often cultivated for its fragrant golden yellow flowers

   Argyroxiphium sandwicense, silversword

   low-growing plant found only in volcanic craters on Hawaii having rosettes of narrow pointed silver-green leaves and clusters of profuse red-purple flowers on a tall stem

   artemisia

   any of various composite shrubs or herbs of the genus Artemisia having aromatic green or greyish foliage

   Baccharis halimifolia, consumption weed, cotton-seed tree, groundsel bush, groundsel tree

   a shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies; fruit is surrounded with white plumelike hairy tufts

   Baccharis viminea, mule fat

   California shrub with slender leafy shoots that are important browse for mule deer

   Baccharis pilularis, chaparral broom, coyote brush, coyote bush, kidney wort

   widely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicle

   goldenbush

   any of various much-branched yellow-flowered shrubs of the genus Chrysothamnus; western North America

   Hazardia cana, hoary golden bush

   western American shrubs having white felted foliage and yellow flowers that become red-purple

   mutisia

   any of various plants of the genus Mutisia

   daisy bush, daisy-bush, daisybush

   any of various mostly Australian attractively shaped shrubs of the genus Olearia grown for their handsome and sometimes fragrant evergreen foliage and profusion of daisy flowers with white or purple or blue rays

   othonna

   a South African plant of the genus Othonna having smooth often fleshy leaves and heads of yellow flowers

   Santolina chamaecyparissus, lavender cotton

   branching aromatic Mediterranean shrub with woolly stems and leaves and yellow flowers

   Cineraria maritima, Senecio cineraria, dusty miller

   stiff much-branched perennial of the Mediterranean region having very white woolly stems and leaves

   milk thistle, sow thistle

   any of several Old World coarse prickly-leaved shrubs and subshrubs having milky juice and yellow flowers; widely naturalized; often noxious weeds in cultivated soil

   Ardisia crenata, coralberry, spiceberry

   shrub with coral-red berries; Japan to northern India

   Ardisia escallonoides, Ardisia paniculata, marlberry

   tropical American shrub or small tree with brown wood and dark berries

   Plumbago europaea, leadwort

   a plant of the genus Plumbago with blue flowers

   Jacquinia armillaris, bracelet wood

   small West Indian shrub or tree with hard glossy seeds patterned yellow and brown that are used to make bracelets

   Jacquinia keyensis, barbasco, joewood

   West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood

   mallow

   any of various plants of the family Malvaceae

   cotton, cotton plant

   erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers

   Lavatera arborea, tree mallow, velvet-leaf, velvetleaf

   arborescent perennial shrub having palmately lobed furry leaves and showy red-purple flowers; southwestern United States

   pavonia

   any of various evergreen plants of the genus Pavonia having white or yellow or purple flowers

   Hibiscus farragei, Radyera farragei, bush hibiscus

   southern and western Australian shrub with unlobed or shallowly lobed toothed leaves and purple flowers; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus

   Aristotelia racemosa, Aristotelia serrata, New Zealand wine berry, makomako, wineberry

   graceful deciduous shrub or small tree having attractive foliage and small red berries that turn black at maturity and are used for making wine

   dombeya

   any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Dombeya grown for their rounded clusters of exquisite often sweet-scented flowers usually hanging beneath the leaves

   California beauty, flannel bush, flannelbush

   any of several handsome evergreen shrubs of California and northern Mexico having downy lobed leaves and showy yellow flowers

   screw tree

   a tree or shrub of the genus Helicteres

   Hermannia verticillata, Mahernia verticillata, honey bell, honeybells

   African shrub having decumbent stems and slender yellow honey-scented flowers either solitary or in pairs

   Grewia asiatica, phalsa

   drought-resistant Asiatic treelike shrub bearing pleasantly acid small red edible fruits commonly used in sherbets

   African hemp, Sparmannia africana

   large shrub of South Africa having many conspicuously hairy branches with large hairy leaves and clusters of conspicuous white flowers

   protea

   any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones

   banksia

   any shrub or tree of the genus Banksia having alternate leathery leaves apetalous yellow flowers often in showy heads and conelike fruit with winged seeds

   smoke bush

   any of various shrubs of the genus Conospermum with panicles of mostly white woolly flowers

   Chilean firebush, Chilean flameflower, Embothrium coccineum

   grown for outstanding display of brilliant usually scarlet-crimson flowers; Andes

   Chile hazel, Chile nut, Chilean hazelnut, Chilean nut, Guevina avellana, Guevina heterophylla

   Chilean shrub bearing coral-red fruit with an edible seed resembling a hazelnut

   grevillea

   any shrub or tree of the genus Grevillea

   Hakea laurina, cushion flower, pincushion hakea

   tall straggling shrub with large globose crimson-yellow flowers; western Australia

   Hakea leucoptera, needle wood, needle-wood, needlewood

   large bushy shrub with pungent pointed leaves and creamy white flowers; central and eastern Australia

   Hakea lissosperma, needle bush, needle-bush, needlebush

   shrub with pungent rigid needle-shaped leaves and white flowers; eastern Australia

   Lambertia formosa, honey-flower, honeyflower, mountain devil

   erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar

   lomatia

   any of various ornamental evergreens of the genus Lomatia having attractive fragrant flowers

   geebung

   any of numerous shrubs and small trees having hard narrow leaves and long-lasting yellow or white flowers followed by small edible but insipid fruits

   Telopea Oreades, waratah

   tall shrub of eastern Australia having oblanceolate to obovate leaves and red flowers in compact racemes

   Telopea speciosissima, waratah

   straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes

   Xylomelum pyriforme, native pear, woody pear

   tree bearing pear-shaped fruit with a thick woody epicarp

   heath

   a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers

   andromeda

   any of several shrubs of the genus Andromeda having leathery leaves and clusters of small flowers

   arbutus

   any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Arbutus of temperate Europe and America

   bearberry

   chiefly evergreen subshrubs of northern to Arctic areas

   manzanita

   chiefly evergreen shrubs of warm dry areas of western North America

   bryanthus

   procumbent Old World mat-forming evergreen shrub with racemes of pinkish-white flowers

   Chamaedaphne calyculata, leatherleaf

   north temperate bog shrub with evergreen leathery leaves and small white cylindrical flowers

   Epigaea repens, mayflower, trailing arbutus

   low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers

   Gaultheria shallon, salal, shallon

   small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-sized berries

   huckleberry

   any of several shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia bearing small berries resembling blueberries

   kalmia

   any plant of the genus Kalmia

   Labrador tea, Ledum groenlandicum, crystal tea

   evergreen shrub of eastern North America having white or creamy bell-shaped flowers and dark green hairy leaves used for tea during American Revolution

   glandular Labrador tea, trapper's tea

   a Rocky Mountain shrub similar to Ledum groenlandicum

   Ledum palustre, marsh tea, wild rosemary

   bog shrub of northern and central Europe and eastern Siberia to Korea and Japan

   Leiophyllum buxifolium, sand myrtle

   low-growing evergreen shrub of New Jersey to Florida grown for its many white star-shaped flowers and glossy foliage

   leucothoe

   any plant of the genus Leucothoe; grown for their beautiful white flowers; glossy foliage contains a poisonous substance similar to that found in genus Kalmia

   Leucothoe editorum, Leucothoe fontanesiana, dog hobble, dog laurel, switch-ivy

   fast-growing evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having arching interlaced branches and racemes of white flowers

   Leucothoe racemosa, sweet bells

   bushy deciduous shrub of the eastern United States with long racemes of pinkish flowers

   Loiseleuria procumbens, alpine azalea, mountain azalea

   creeping mat-forming evergreen shrub of high mountain regions of northern hemisphere grown for its rose-pink flowers

   Lyonia mariana, stagger bush, staggerbush

   deciduous shrub of coastal plain of the eastern United States having nodding pinkish-white flowers; poisonous to stock

   Lyonia ligustrina, he-huckleberry, male berry, maleberry, privet andromeda

   deciduous much-branched shrub with dense downy panicles of small bell-shaped white flowers

   Lyonia lucida, fetter bush, fetterbush, shiny lyonia

   showy evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with shiny leaves and angled branches and clusters of pink to reddish flowers that resemble an umbel

   Menziesia ferruginea, false azalea, fool's huckleberry

   straggling shrub of northwestern North America having foliage with a bluish tinge and umbels of small bell-shaped flowers

   Menziesia pilosa, minnie bush, minniebush

   low shrub of the eastern United States with downy twigs

   Japanese andromeda, Pieris japonica, andromeda, lily-of-the-valley tree

   broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers

   Pieris floribunda, fetterbush, mountain andromeda, mountain fetterbush

   ornamental evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having small white bell-shaped flowers

   rhododendron

   any shrub of the genus Rhododendron: evergreen shrubs or small shrubby trees having leathery leaves and showy clusters of campanulate (bell-shaped) flowers

   cranberry

   any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries

   blueberry, blueberry bush

   any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries

   Clethra alnifolia, pepper bush, summer sweet, sweet pepperbush, white alder

   shrub of eastern and southern coastal United States having beautiful racemes of spice-scented white flowers

   Pyxidanthera barbulata, pixie, pixy, pyxie

   creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas

   Australian heath

   any heathlike plant of the family Epacridaceae; most are of the Australian region

   Astroloma humifusum, Styphelia humifusum, cranberry heath, ground-berry, groundberry, native cranberry

   small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in genus Styphelia

   Styphelia triflora, pink fivecorner

   heathlike shrub of southwestern Australia grown for its sharply scented foliage and pink flowers followed by pentagonal fruit

   Chrysolepis sempervirens, dwarf golden chinkapin

   evergreen shrub similar to golden chinkapin; mountains of California

   Quercus vaccinifolia, huckleberry oak

   a low spreading or prostrate shrub of southwestern United States with small acorns and leaves resembling those of the huckleberry

   forestiera

   any plant of the genus Forestiera

   forsythia

   any of various early blooming oleaceous shrubs of the genus Forsythia; native to eastern Asia and southern Europe but widely cultivated for their branches of bright yellow bell-shaped flowers

   jasmine

   any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia

   privet

   any of various Old World shrubs having smooth entire leaves and terminal panicles of small white flowers followed by small black berries; many used for hedges

   mock privet

   evergreen shrub with white flowers and olivelike fruits

   lilac

   any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers

   witch hazel, witch hazel plant, wych hazel, wych hazel plant

   any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Hamamelis; bark yields an astringent lotion

   flowering hazel, winter hazel

   any of several Asiatic deciduous shrubs cultivated for their nodding racemes of yellow flowers that appear before the leaves

   fothergilla, witch alder

   any of several deciduous low-growing shrubs of the genus Fothergilla having showy brushlike spikes of white flowers in spring and fiery red and orange autumn color; grows from Alabama to the Allegheny Mountains

   Combretum bracteosum, hiccough nut, hiccup nut

   ornamental African shrub or climber with red flowers

   oleaster

   any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver-white twigs and yellow flowers followed by olivelike fruits

   Lagerstroemia indica, crape myrtle, crepe flower, crepe myrtle

   ornamental shrub from eastern India commonly planted in the southern United States

   feijoa, feijoa bush

   South American shrub having edible greenish plumlike fruit

   fuchsia, fuschia

   any of various tropical shrubs widely cultivated for their showy drooping purplish or reddish or white flowers; Central and South America and New Zealand and Tahiti

   daphne

   any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers

   Dirca palustris, leatherwood, moose-wood, moosewood, ropebark, wicopy

   deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers

   Indian rhododendron, Melastoma malabathricum

   evergreen spreading shrub of India and southeastern Asia having large purple flowers

   Medinilla magnifica

   a beautiful tropical evergreen epiphytic shrub grown for its lush foliage and huge panicles of pink flowers; Philippines

   guinea flower, guinea gold vine

   any of several Australasian evergreen vines widely cultivated in warm regions for their large bright yellow single flowers

   Canella winterana, Canella-alba, white cinnamon tree, wild cinnamon

   large evergreen shrub or small tree having white aromatic bark and leathery leaves and small purple to red flowers in terminal cymes

   rock rose, rockrose

   small shrubs of scrub and dry woodland regions of southern Europe and North Africa; grown for their showy flowers and soft often downy and aromatic evergreen foliage

   helianthemum, sun rose, sunrose

   any plant of the genus Helianthemum; vigorous plants of stony alpine meadows and dry scrub regions

   Flacourtia indica, Madagascar plum, batoko palm, governor plum, governor's plum, ramontchi

   small shrubby tree of Madagascar cultivated in tropical regions as a hedge plant and for its deep red acid fruits resembling small plums

   Dovyalis caffra, kei apple, kei apple bush

   vigorous South African spiny shrub grown for its round yellow juicy edible fruits

   Kiggelaria africana, wild peach

   large much-branched shrub grown primarily for its evergreen foliage

   Xylosma congestum, xylosma

   shrub or small tree grown as an ornamental in mild climates for its neat evergreen foliage and fragrant late flowers; native of China

   candlewood

   any of several resinous trees or shrubs often burned for light

   Ochna serrulata, bird's-eye bush

   shrub with narrow-elliptic glossy evergreen leaves and yellow flowers with leathery petaloid sepals

   tamarisk

   any shrub or small tree of the genus Tamarix having small scalelike or needle-shaped leaves and feathery racemes of small white or pinkish flowers; of mostly coastal areas with saline soil

   German tamarisk, Myricaria germanica, false tamarisk

   Eurasian shrub resembling the tamarisk

   cannabis, hemp

   any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs

   Ruscus aculeatus, butcher's broom

   shrub with stiff flattened stems resembling leaves (cladophylls); used for making brooms

   Cordyline terminalis, ti

   shrub with terminal tufts of elongated leaves used locally for thatching and clothing; thick sweet roots are used as food; tropical southeastern Asia, Australia and Hawaii

   yucca

   any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca having usually tall stout stems and a terminal cluster of white flowers; warmer regions of North America

   buddleia, butterfly bush

   tropical shrub having clusters of white or violet or yellow flowers

   Caesalpinia decapetala, Caesalpinia sepiaria, Mysore thorn

   spreading thorny shrub of tropical Asia bearing large erect racemes of red-marked yellow flowers

   Bauhinia monandra, butterfly flower

   shrub or small tree of Dutch Guiana having clusters of pink flowers streaked with purple

   paloverde

   a thorny shrub of the genus Cercidium that grows in dry parts of the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico; has smooth light green bark and racemes of yellow flowers and small leaves

   Jerusalem thorn, Parkinsonia aculeata, horsebean

   large shrub or shrubby tree having sharp spines and pinnate leaves with small deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented racemose yellow-orange flowers; grown as ornamentals or hedging or emergency food for livestock; tropical America but naturalized in southern United States

   Cytisus ramentaceus, Dalmatian laburnum, Petteria ramentacea

   erect shrub having large trifoliate leaves and dense clusters of yellow flowers followed by poisonous seeds; Yugoslavia; sometimes placed in genus Cytisus

   senna

   any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers; many are used medicinally

   amorpha

   any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers

   Anagyris foetida, bean trefoil, stinking bean trefoil

   shrub with trifoliate leaves and yellow flowers followed by backward curving seed pods; leaves foetid when crushed

   Anthyllis barba-jovis, Jupiter's beard, silver-bush, silverbush

   silvery hairy European shrub with evergreen foliage and pale yellow flowers

   Aspalathus cedcarbergensis, Aspalathus linearis, rooibos

   South African shrub having flat acuminate leaves and yellow flowers; leaves are aromatic when dried and used to make an herbal tea

   Cajanus cajan, cajan pea, catjang pea, dahl, dhal, pigeon pea, pigeon-pea plant, red gram

   tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics

   caragana, pea tree

   any plant of the genus Caragana having even-pinnate leaves and mostly yellow flowers followed by seeds in a linear pod

   California redbud, Cercis occidentalis, western redbud

   shrub of western United States having pink or crimson flowers; often forms thickets

   Chamaecytisus palmensis, Cytesis proliferus, tagasaste

   shrub of Canary Islands having bristle-tipped oblanceolate leaves; used as cattle fodder

   flame pea

   any of several small shrubs or twining vines having entire or lobed leaves and racemes of yellow to orange-red flowers; Australia

   clianthus, glory pea

   any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Clianthus having compound leaves and pea-like red flowers in drooping racemes

   Codariocalyx motorius, Desmodium gyrans, Desmodium motorium, semaphore plant, telegraph plant

   erect tropical Asian shrub whose small lateral leaflets rotate on their axes and jerk up and down under the influence of sunshine

   Colutea arborescens, bladder senna

   yellow-flowered European shrub cultivated for its succession of yellow flowers and very inflated bladdery pods and as a source of wildlife food

   coronilla

   any of various plants of the genus Coronilla having purple or pink or yellow flowers in long axillary heads or umbels

   broom

   any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers

   Dalea spinosa, smoke tree

   greyish-green shrub of desert regions of southwestern United States and Mexico having sparse foliage and terminal spikes of bluish violet flowers; locally important as source of a light-colored honey of excellent flavor

   bitter pea

   any of several spiny shrubs of the genus Daviesia having yellow flowers and triangular seeds; Australia

   derris

   any of various usually woody vines of the genus Derris of tropical Asia whose roots yield the insecticide rotenone; several are sources of native fish and arrow poisons

   gastrolobium, poison bush, poison pea

   any of various Australian evergreen shrubs of the genus Gastrolobium having whorled compound leaves poisonous to livestock and showy yellow to deep reddish-orange flowers followed by two-seeded pods

   Geoffroea decorticans, chanal, chanar

   thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries

   Halimodendron argenteum, Halimodendron halodendron, salt tree

   spiny shrub of the Caspian salt plains and Siberia having elegant silvery, downy young foliage and mildly fragrant pink-purple blooms

   hovea, purple pea

   any of several attractive evergreen shrubs of Australia grown for their glossy deep green foliage and flowers in rich blues and intense violets

   Indigofera tinctoria, indigo, indigo plant

   deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers; a source of indigo dye

   Lupinus arboreus, tree lupine

   evergreen shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having showy yellow or blue flowers; naturalized in Australia

   mucuna

   any of several erect or climbing woody plants of the genus Mucuna; widespread in tropics of both hemispheres

   Pickeringia montana, chaparral pea, stingaree-bush

   spiny evergreen xerophytic shrub having showy rose and purple flowers and forming dense thickets; of dry rocky mountain slopes of California

   Platylobium formosum, flat pea

   evergreen shrub having almost heart-shaped foliage and bright yellow pea-like flowers followed by flat pods with flat wings; Australia and Tasmania

   Playlobium obtusangulum, common flat pea, native holly

   low spreading evergreen shrub of southern Australia having triangular to somewhat heart-shaped foliage and orange-yellow flowers followed by flat winged pods

   Genista raetam, Retama raetam, juniper, juniper bush, raetam, retem

   desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista

   Robinia hispida, bristly locust, moss locust, rose acacia

   large shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having bristly stems and large clusters of pink flowers

   Templetonia retusa, coral bush, flame bush

   Australian shrub having simple obovate leaves and brilliant scarlet flowers

   Irish gorse, Ulex europaeus, furze, gorse, whin

   very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe

   Viminaria denudata, Viminaria juncea, swamp oak

   Australian leafless shrub resembling broom and having small yellow flowers

   rose, rosebush

   any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses

   Juneberry, service tree, serviceberry, shadblow, shadbush

   any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit

   flowering quince

   Asiatic ornamental shrub with spiny branches and pink or red blossoms

   cotoneaster

   any shrub of the genus Cotoneaster: erect or creeping shrubs having richly colored autumn foliage and many small white to pinkish flowers followed by tiny red or black fruits

   haw, hawthorn

   a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus

   Christmas berry, Christmasberry, Heteromeles arbutifolia, Photinia arbutifolia, tollon, toyon

   ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits; often placed in genus Photinia

   cinquefoil, five-finger

   any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties

   Prunus laurocerasus, cherry laurel, laurel cherry

   frequently cultivated Eurasian evergreen shrub or small tree having showy clusters of white flowers and glossy foliage and yielding oil similar to bitter almond oil

   Prunus cuneata, Prunus pumila, Prunus pumilla susquehanae, Prunus susquehanae, sand cherry

   small straggling American cherry growing on sandy soil and having minute scarcely edible purplish-black fruit

   Prunus spinosa, blackthorn, sloe

   a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits

   Pyracantha, fire thorn, firethorn, pyracanth

   any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries

   spiraea, spirea

   any rosaceous plant of the genus Spiraea; has sprays of small white or pink flowers

   Chiococca alba, West Indian snowberry, blolly

   evergreen climbing shrub of southern Florida and West Indies grown for its racemes of fragrant white to creamy flowers followed by globose white succulent berries

   gardenia

   any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Gardenia having large fragrant white or yellow flowers

   hamelia

   any of several flowering tropical or subtropical shrubs of the genus Hamelia

   Georgia bark, Pinckneya pubens, bitter-bark, fever tree

   ornamental shrub or small tree of swampy areas in southwestern United States having large pink or white sepals and yielding Georgia bark for treating fever

   Sarcocephalus esculentus, Sarcocephalus latifolius, negro peach

   a stout spreading or semi-climbing tropical shrub with round brownish-red warty fruit; Africa

   abelia

   any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers; Asia and Mexico

   Diervilla lonicera, bush honeysuckle

   spreading bush of northeastern United States having small clusters of fragrant green and yellow flowers

   Diervilla sessilifolia, bush honeysuckle

   bush honeysuckle of southeastern United States having large crowded clusters of sulfur-yellow flowers

   Kolkwitzia amabilis, beauty bush

   Chinese deciduous shrub with yellow-throated pinkish flowers and bristly fruit; often cultivated as an ornamental

   Himalaya honeysuckle, Leycesteria formosa

   shrub honeysuckle with drooping spikes of purplish flowers

   honeysuckle

   shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera

   Indian currant, Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, coralberry

   North American deciduous shrub cultivated for it abundant clusters of coral-red berrylike fruits

   elder, elderberry bush

   any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit

   American cranberry bush, Viburnum trilobum, cranberry bush, cranberry tree, highbush cranberry

   deciduous North American shrub or small tree having three-lobed leaves and red berries

   Viburnum lantana, twist wood, twistwood, wayfaring tree

   vigorous deciduous European treelike shrub common along waysides; red berries turn black

   European cranberry bush, European cranberrybush, Viburnum opulus, crampbark, cranberry tree, guelder rose

   deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries

   Viburnum dentatum, arrow wood, southern arrow wood

   deciduous shrub of eastern North America having blue-black berries and tough pliant wood formerly used to make arrows

   Viburnum recognitum, arrow wood

   closely related to southern arrow wood; grows in the eastern United States from Maine to Ohio and Georgia

   Viburnum prunifolium, black haw

   upright deciduous shrub having frosted dark-blue fruit; east and east central North America

   Weigela florida, weigela

   deciduous shrub widely cultivated for its white or pink or red flowers

   Erythroxylon coca, coca, coca plant

   a South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine

   Erythroxylon truxiuense

   a South American shrub whose leaves are a source of cocaine

   Syrian bean caper, Zygophyllum fabago, bean caper

   perennial shrub of the eastern Mediterranean region and southwestern Asia having flowers whose buds are used as capers

   Larrea tridentata, coville, creosote bush, hediondilla

   desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers

   box, boxwood

   evergreen shrubs or small trees

   staff tree

   any small tree or twining shrub of the genus Celastrus

   spindle tree, spindleberry, spindleberry tree

   any shrubby trees or woody vines of the genus Euonymus having showy usually reddish berries

   Euonymus atropurpureus, burning bush, wahoo

   deciduous shrub having purple capsules enclosing scarlet seeds

   Euonymus americanus, strawberry bush, wahoo

   upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds; the eastern United States from New York to Florida and Texas

   Cyrilla racemiflora, cyrilla, leatherwood, white titi

   shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of white flowers and orange and crimson foliage

   crowberry

   a low evergreen shrub with small purple flowers and black berrylike fruit

   Chinese holly, Ilex cornuta

   dense rounded evergreen shrub of China having spiny leaves; widely cultivated as an ornamental

   smoke bush, smoke tree

   any of several shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Cotinus

   Malosma laurina, Rhus laurina, laurel sumac

   small aromatic evergreen shrub of California having paniculate leaves and whitish berries; in some classifications included in genus Rhus

   Pistacia lentiscus, lentisk, mastic, mastic tree

   an evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean region that is cultivated for its resin

   shumac, sumac, sumach

   a shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus)

   buckthorn

   any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia

   styrax

   any shrub or small tree of the genus Styrax having fragrant bell-shaped flowers that hang below the dark green foliage

   hydrangea

   any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Hydrangea

   philadelphus

   any of various chiefly deciduous ornamental shrubs of the genus Philadelphus having white sweet-scented flowers, single or in clusters; widely grown in temperate regions

   Schizophragma hydrangeoides, climbing hydrangea

   climbing shrub with adhesive aerial roots having opposite leaves and small white flowers in terminal cymes; Himalayas to Taiwan and Japan

   Francoa ramosa, bridal wreath, bridal-wreath

   Chilean evergreen shrub having delicate spikes of small white flowers

   currant, currant bush

   any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants

   Ribes grossularia, Ribes uva-crispa, gooseberry, gooseberry bush

   spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries

   Graptophyllum pictum, caricature plant

   tropical Old World shrub having purple or red tubular flowers and leaf markings resembling the profile of a human face

   Chilopsis linearis, desert willow

   evergreen shrubby tree resembling a willow of dry regions of southwestern North America having showy purplish flowers and long seed pods

   columnea

   tropical plant having thick hairy somewhat toothed leaves and solitary or clustered yellow to scarlet flowers; many cultivated for their flowers and ornamental foliage

   Eriodictyon californicum, yerba santa

   viscid evergreen shrub of western United States with white to deep lilac flowers; the sticky aromatic leaves are used in treating bronchial and pulmonary illnesses

   Apalachicola rosemary, Conradina glabra

   small shrub of Apalachicola River area in southeastern United States having highly aromatic pinkish flowers; a threatened species

   lavender

   any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated

   Lepechinia calycina, Sphacele calycina, pitcher sage

   California plant with woolly stems and leaves and large white flowers

   Pogostemon cablin, pachouli, patchouli, patchouly

   small East Indian shrubby mint; fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes

   red shrubby penstemon, redwood penstemon

   low branching dark green shrub with bunches of brick-red flowers at ends of branches; coastal ranges and foothills of northern California

   Solanum quitoense, naranjilla

   small perennial shrub cultivated in uplands of South America for its edible bright orange fruits resembling tomatoes or oranges

   Brazilian potato tree, Solanum macranthum, Solanum wrightii, potato tree

   South American shrub or small tree widely cultivated in the tropics; not a true potato

   Brunfelsia americana, lady-of-the-night

   West Indian shrub with fragrant showy yellowish-white flowers

   Brugmansia arborea, Datura arborea, angel's trumpet, maikoa

   a South American plant that is cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers

   Brugmansia suaveolens, Datura suaveolens, angel's trumpet

   South American plant cultivated for its very large nocturnally fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers

   Brugmansia sanguinea, Datura sanguinea, red angel's trumpet

   arborescent South American shrub having very large orange-red flowers

   capsicum, capsicum pepper plant, pepper

   any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers

   Cestrum diurnum, day jessamine

   West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped white flowers that are fragrant by day

   Cestrum nocturnum, night jasmine, night jessamine

   West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped yellow-white flowers that are fragrant by night

   tamarillo, tree tomato

   South American arborescent shrub having pale pink blossoms followed by egg-shaped reddish-brown edible fruit somewhat resembling a tomato in flavor

   thorn apple

   any of several plants of the genus Datura

   Fabiana imbricata, pichi

   Peruvian shrub with small pink to lavender tubular flowers; leaves yield a tonic and diuretic

   boxthorn, matrimony vine

   any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Lycium with showy flowers and bright berries

   Christmas berry, Christmasberry, Lycium carolinianum

   spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having spreading branches usually blue or mauve flowers and red berries

   Solandra guttata, chalice vine, cupflower, trumpet flower

   Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throat

   Streptosolen jamesonii, fire bush, fire-bush, marmalade bush

   evergreen South American shrub having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers; grown as an ornamental or houseplant

   spurge

   any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice

   Acalypha virginica, three-seeded mercury

   weedy herb of eastern North America

   Croton tiglium, croton

   tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil

   Codiaeum variegatum, croton

   grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage; widely cultivated as a houseplant

   Ricinus communis, castor bean plant, castor-oil plant, palma christ, palma christi

   large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin; widely naturalized throughout the tropics

   casava, cassava

   any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch

   slipper plant, slipper spurge

   any of several tropical American shrubby succulent plants resembling cacti but having foot-shaped bracts

   camelia, camellia

   any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers

   Camellia sinensis, tea

   a tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India; source of tea leaves

   Eryngium maritimum, sea eryngium, sea holly, sea holm

   European evergreen eryngo with twisted spiny leaves naturalized on United States east coast; roots formerly used as an aphrodisiac

   Griselinia lucida, puka

   South American shrub or small tree having long shining evergreen leaves and panicles of green or yellow flowers

   Griselinia littoralis, kapuka

   small New Zealand broadleaf evergreen tree often cultivated in warm regions as an ornamental

   undershrub

   a low shrub

   burning bush

   (Old Testament) the bush that burned without being consumed and from which God spoke to Moses

   shrublet

   dwarf shrub

   subshrub, suffrutex

   low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base

   flowering shrub

   shrub noted primarily for its flowers

   buckthorn

   a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments

   Christ's-thorn, Jerusalem thorn, Ziziphus jujuba, jujube, jujube bush

   spiny tree having dark red edible fruits

   Ziziphus lotus, lotus tree

   shrubby deciduous tree of the Mediterranean region

   Christ's-thorn, Jerusalem thorn, Paliurus spina-christi

   thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit

   stephanotis

   any of various evergreen climbing shrubs of the genus Stephanotis having fragrant waxy flowers

   Ephedra sinica, mahuang

   Chinese ephedra yielding ephedrine

   American barberry, Berberis canadensis

   deciduous shrub of eastern North America whose leaves turn scarlet in autumn and having racemes of yellow flowers followed by ellipsoid glossy red berries

   Berberis vulgaris, European barberry, common barberry

   upright deciduous European shrub widely naturalized in United States having clusters of juicy berries

   Berberis thunbergii, Japanese barberry

   compact deciduous shrub having persistent red berries; widespread in cultivation especially for hedges

   Calycanthus floridus, Carolina allspice, strawberry bush, strawberry shrub, sweet shrub

   hardy shrub of southeastern United States having clove-scented wood and fragrant red-brown flowers

   California allspice, Calycanthus occidentalis, spicebush

   straggling aromatic shrub of southwestern United States having fragrant brown flowers

   Myrica cerifera, bay myrtle, puckerbush

   evergreen aromatic shrubby tree of southeastern United States having small hard berries thickly coated with white wax used for candles

   Myrica pensylvanica, bayberry, candleberry, swamp candleberry, waxberry

   deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries

   darling pea, poison bush

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

   Mimosa sensitiva, sensitive plant

   semi-climbing prickly evergreen shrub of tropical America having compound leaves sensitive to light and touch

   Mimosa pudica, action plant, humble plant, live-and-die, sensitive plant, shame plant, touch-me-not

   prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled

   Prosopis glandulosa, Western honey mesquite, honey mesquite

   thorny deep-rooted drought-resistant shrub native to southwestern United States and Mexico bearing pods rich in sugar and important as livestock feed; tends to form extensive thickets

   Prosopis juliflora, Prosopis juliiflora, algarroba

   mesquite of Gulf Coast and Caribbean Islands from Mexico to Venezuela

   Prosopis pubescens, screw bean, screwbean, screwbean mesquite, tornillo

   shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods

   Amsonia tabernaemontana, blue star

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

   Carissa bispinosa, hedge thorn, natal plum

   South African shrub having forked spines and plumlike fruit; frequently used as hedging

   Carissa grandiflora, Carissa macrocarpa, amatungulu, natal plum

   very large closely branched South African shrub having forked bright green spines and shiny leaves

   Plumeria acutifolia, pagoda tree, temple tree

   frangipani of India having an erect habit and conical form; grown in temple gardens

   Plumeria alba, West Indian jasmine, pagoda tree

   tall sparingly branched conical tree having large fragrant yellow flowers with white centers

   Rauwolfia serpentina, snakewood

   East Indian climbing shrub with twisted limbs and roots resembling serpents

   Strophanthus kombe

   plant that is a source of strophanthin

   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

   Atriplex hymenelytra, desert holly

   handsome low saltbush of arid southwestern United States and Mexico having blue-green prickly-edged leaves often used for Christmas decoration

   Atriplex lentiformis, quail brush, quail bush, white thistle

   spiny shrub with silvery-scurfy foliage of alkaline plains of southwestern United States and Mexico

   Capparis arborea, native pomegranate

   small Australian tree bearing edible fruit resembling the pomegranate

   Capparis cynophallophora, Jamaica caper tree, caper tree

   shrub of southern Florida to West Indies

   Capparis flexuosa, bay-leaved caper, caper tree

   shrub or small tree of southern Florida to Central and South America

   Capparis mitchellii, native orange

   small Australian tree bearing edible dark purple fruit

   Capparis spinosa, common caper

   prostrate spiny shrub of the Mediterranean region cultivated for its greenish flower buds which are pickled

   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

   Artemisia dracunculus, estragon, tarragon

   aromatic perennial of southeastern Russia

   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

   Chrysothamnus nauseosus, rabbit brush, rabbit bush

   pleasantly aromatic shrub having erect slender flexible hairy branches and dense clusters of small yellow flowers covering vast areas of western alkali plains and affording a retreat for jackrabbits; source of a yellow dye used by the Navajo

   matchbush, matchweed

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

   Olearia argophylla, muskwood

   musk-scented shrub or tree of southern and southeastern Australia having creamy-yellow flower heads

   New Zealand daisybush, Olearia haastii

   bushy New Zealand shrub cultivated for its fragrant white flower heads

   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

   Sonchus oleraceus, milkweed

   annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads

   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

   Malva moschata, mus rose, musk mallow

   erect Old World perennial with faintly musk-scented foliage and white or pink flowers; adventive in United States

   Malva neglecta, common mallow

   annual Old World plant with clusters of pink or white flowers; naturalized in United States

   Malva sylvestris, cheese, cheeseflower, high mallow, tall mallow

   erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States

   Abelmoschus moschatus, Hibiscus moschatus, abelmosk, musk mallow

   bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus

   Abutilon theophrasti, China jute, Indian mallow, butter-print, velvet-leaf, velvetleaf, velvetweed

   tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber; naturalized in southeastern Europe and United States

   hollyhock

   any of various tall plants of the genus Alcea; native to the Middle East but widely naturalized and cultivated for its very large variously colored flowers

   althaea, althea, hollyhock

   any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea

   poppy mallow

   a plant of the genus Callirhoe having palmately cleft leaves and white to red or purple flowers borne throughout the summer

   Gossypium arboreum, tree cotton

   East Indian shrub cultivated especially for ornament for its pale yellow to deep purple blossoms

   Gossypium barbadense, sea island cotton, tree cotton

   small bushy tree grown on islands of the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of the southern United States; yields cotton with unusually long silky fibers

   Gossypium herbaceum, Levant cotton

   Old World annual having heart-shaped leaves and large seeds with short greyish lint removed with difficulty; considered an ancestor of modern short-staple cottons

   Gossypium hirsutum, upland cotton

   native tropical American plant now cultivated in the United States yielding short-staple cotton

   Gossypium peruvianum, Peruvian cotton

   cotton with long rough hairy fibers

   Egyptian cotton

   fine somewhat brownish long-staple cotton grown in Egypt; believed to be derived from sea island cotton or by hybridization with Peruvian cotton

   Arizona wild cotton, Gossypium thurberi, wild cotton

   shrub of southern Arizona and Mexico

   hibiscus

   any plant of the genus Hibiscus

   Iliamna remota, Sphaeralcea remota, wild hollyhock

   a rare mallow found only in Illinois resembling the common hollyhock and having pale rose-mauve flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sphaeralcea

   Iliamna acerifolia, Iliamna ruvularis, mountain hollyhock

   perennial of northwestern United States and western Canada resembling a hollyhock and having white or pink flowers

   seashore mallow

   any of various plants of the genus Kosteletzya predominantly of coastal habitats; grown for their flowers that resemble hibiscus

   Malacothamnus fasciculatus, Sphaeralcea fasciculata, chaparral mallow

   shrub of coastal ranges of California and Baja California having hairy branches and spikes of numerous mauve flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sphaeralcea

   Malope trifida, malope

   western Mediterranean annual having deep purple-red flowers subtended by 3 large cordate bracts

   false mallow

   an American plant of the genus Malvastrum

   sleeping hibiscus, wax mallow, waxmallow

   any of various plants of the genus Malvaviscus having brilliant bell-shaped drooping flowers like incompletely opened hibiscus flowers

   Napaea dioica, glade mallow

   tall coarse American herb having palmate leaves and numerous small white dioecious flowers; found wild in most alluvial soils of eastern and central United States

   Sida hermaphrodita, Virginia mallow

   tall handsome perennial herb of southeastern United States having maplelike leaves and white flowers

   Queensland hemp, Sida rhombifolia, jellyleaf

   herb widely distributed in tropics and subtropics used for forage and medicinally as a demulcent and having a fine soft bast stronger than jute; sometimes an aggressive weed

   Indian mallow, Sida spinosa

   tropical American weed having pale yellow or orange flowers naturalized in southern United States

   Sidalcea malviflora, checkerbloom, wild hollyhock

   perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of western North America that is also cultivated

   false mallow, globe mallow

   genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs of arid North and South America having pink or scarlet flowers and globose fruits

   Helicteres isora, nut-leaved screw tree

   East Indian shrub often cultivated for its hairy leaves and orange-red flowers

   corchorus

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

   Protea cynaroides, honeypot, king protea

   South African shrub whose flowers when open are cup-shaped resembling artichokes

   Protea mellifera, honey-flower, honeyflower

   Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously

   Australian honeysuckle, Banksia integrifolia, coast banksia, honeysuckle

   shrubby tree with silky foliage and spikes of cylindrical yellow nectarous flowers

   silk oak

   any of several Australian timber trees having usually fernlike foliage and mottled wood used in cabinetry and veneering

   erica, true heath

   any plant of the genus Erica

   Andromeda glaucophylla, bog rosemary, moorwort

   wiry evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowers; of wet acidic areas in Arctic and Canada to northeastern United States

   Andromeda polifolia, common bog rosemary, marsh andromeda

   erect to procumbent evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowers; of sphagnum peat bogs and other wet acidic areas in northern Europe

   Arbutus menziesii, madrona, madrono, manzanita

   evergreen tree of the Pacific coast of North America having glossy leathery leaves and orange-red edible berries; wood used for furniture and bark for tanning

   Arbutus unedo, Irish strawberry, strawberry tree

   small evergreen European shrubby tree bearing many-seeded scarlet berries that are edible but bland; of Ireland, southern Europe, Asia Minor

   Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, bear's grape, common bearberry, creashak, hog cranberry, mealberry, mountain box, red bearberry, sand berry, sandberry, wild cranberry

   evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries; leaves turn red in autumn

   Arctostaphylos alpina, alpine bearberry, black bearberry

   deciduous creeping shrub bright red in autumn having black or blue-black berries; alpine and circumpolar

   Arctostaphylos andersonii, heartleaf manzanita

   erect California shrub having leaves with heart-shaped lobes at the base

   Arctostaphylos manzanita, Parry manzanita

   erect treelike shrub forming dense thickets and having drooping panicles of white or pink flowers and red berrylike drupes; California

   Arctostaphylos tomentosa, downy manzanita, woolly manzanita

   erect openly branched California shrub whose twigs are woolly when young

   Bruckenthalia spiculifolia, spike heath

   small evergreen mat-forming shrub of southern Europe and Asia Minor having stiff stems and terminal clusters of small bell-shaped flowers

   Calluna vulgaris, Scots heather, broom, heather, ling

   common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere

   Cassiope mertensiana, white heather

   heath of mountains of western United States having bell-shaped white flowers

   Connemara heath, Daboecia cantabrica, St. Dabeoc's heath

   low straggling evergreen shrub of western Europe represented by several varieties with flowers from white to rose-purple

   Gaultheria hispidula, creeping snowberry, maidenhair berry, moxie plum

   slow-growing procumbent evergreen shrublet of northern North America and Japan having white flowers and numerous white fleshy rough and hairy seeds

   Gaultheria procumbens, checkerberry, creeping wintergreen, ground-berry, groundberry, mountain tea, teaberry, wintergreen

   creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil

   Gaylussacia baccata, black huckleberry

   low shrub of the eastern United States bearing shiny black edible fruit; best known of the huckleberries

   Gaylussacia frondosa, dangle-berry, dangleberry

   huckleberry of the eastern United States with pink flowers and sweet blue fruit

   Gaylussacia brachycera, box huckleberry

   creeping evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having small shiny boxlike leaves and flavorless berries

   American laurel, Kalmia latifolia, calico bush, mountain laurel, wood laurel

   a North American evergreen shrub having glossy leaves and white or rose-colored flowers

   Kalmia polifolia, bog kalmia, bog laurel, swamp laurel

   laurel of bogs of northwestern United States having small purple flowers and pale leaves that are glaucous beneath

   Kalmia angustifolia, lambkill, pig laurel, sheep laurel

   North American dwarf shrub resembling mountain laurel but having narrower leaves and small red flowers; poisonous to young stock

   Bryanthus taxifolius, Phyllodoce caerulea, mountain heath

   small shrub with tiny evergreen leaves and pink or purple flowers; Alpine summits and high ground in Asia and Europe and United States

   Brewer's mountain heather, Phyllodoce breweri, purple heather

   semi-prostrate evergreen herb of western United States

   Rhododendron californicum, coast rhododendron

   medium-sized rhododendron of Pacific coast of North America having large rosy brown-spotted flowers

   Rhododendron maxima, rosebay

   late-spring-blooming rhododendron of eastern North America having rosy to pink-purple flowers

   Rhododendron viscosum, swamp azalea, swamp honeysuckle, white honeysuckle

   shrub growing in swamps throughout the eastern United States and having small white to pinkish flowers resembling honeysuckle

   azalea

   any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors

   American cranberry, Vaccinium macrocarpon, large cranberry

   trailing red-fruited plant

   European cranberry, Vaccinium oxycoccus, small cranberry

   small red-fruited trailing cranberry of Arctic and cool regions of the northern hemisphere

   huckleberry

   any of various dark-fruited as distinguished from blue-fruited blueberries

   Vaccinium arboreum, farkleberry, sparkleberry

   shrub or small tree of eastern United States having black inedible berries

   Vaccinium angustifolium, Vaccinium pennsylvanicum, low blueberry, low-bush blueberry

   low-growing deciduous shrub of northeastern North America having flowers in compact racemes and bearing sweet dark blue berries

   Vaccinium ashei, rabbit-eye blueberry, rabbiteye, rabbiteye blueberry

   shrub of southeastern United States grown commercially especially for canning industry

   Vaccinium caespitosum, dwarf bilberry, dwarf blueberry

   low-growing tufted deciduous shrub of northern and alpine North America having pink to coral-red flowers followed by sweet blue berries

   Vaccinium corymbosum, high-bush blueberry, swamp blueberry, tall bilberry

   high-growing deciduous shrub of eastern North America bearing edible blueish to blackish berries with a distinct bloom; source of most cultivated blueberries

   Vaccinium myrsinites, evergreen blueberry

   shrub of the eastern United States having shining evergreen leaves and bluish-black fruit

   Vaccinium ovatum, evergreen huckleberry

   stiff bushy evergreen shrub of western North America having sour black berries and glossy green foliage used in floral arrangements

   Viccinium membranaceum, bilberry, mountain blue berry, thin-leaved bilberry

   erect blueberry of western United States having solitary flowers and somewhat sour berries

   Viccinium myrtillus, bilberry, blaeberry, whinberry, whortleberry

   erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries

   Vaccinium uliginosum alpinum, bog bilberry, bog whortleberry, moor berry

   an evergreen shrub with leathery leaves

   Vaccinium pallidum, dryland berry, dryland blueberry

   low deciduous shrub of the eastern United States bearing dark blue sweet berries

   Vaccinium scoparium, grouse whortleberry, grouse-berry, grouseberry

   shrub of northwestern North America bearing red berries

   Vaccinium stamineum, deerberry, squaw huckleberry

   small branching blueberry common in marshy areas of the eastern United States having greenish or yellowish unpalatable berries reputedly eaten by deer

   Vaccinium vitis-idaea, cowberry, foxberry, lingberry, lingenberry, lingonberry, mountain cranberry

   low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries

   diapensia

   any boreal low-growing evergreen plant of the genus Diapensia

   epacris

   any heathlike evergreen shrub of the genus Epacris grown for their showy and crowded spikes of small bell-shaped or tubular flowers

   Australian grass tree, Richea dracophylla

   stout Australian shrub with narrow leaves crowded at ends of branches and terminal clusters of white or pink flowers

   Richea pandanifolia, grass tree, tree heath

   gaunt Tasmanian evergreen shrubby tree with slender tapering leaves 3 to 5 feet long

   Forestiera neomexicana, desert olive, tanglebush

   spiny branching deciduous shrub of southwestern United States having clusters of insignificant yellow-white flowers appearing before leaves followed by attractive black berrylike fruits

   Jasminum mesnyi, primrose jasmine

   evergreen rambling yellow-flowered shrub of western China

   Jasminum nudiflorum, winter jasmine

   deciduous rambling shrub widely cultivated for its winter-blooming yellow flowers

   Jasminum officinale, common jasmine, jessamine, true jasmine

   a climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant white or yellow or red flowers used in perfume and to flavor tea

   Arabian jasmine, Jasminum sambac

   East Indian evergreen vine cultivated for its profuse fragrant white flowers

   Amur privet, Ligustrum amurense

   eastern Asian shrub cultivated especially for its persistent foliage

   Ligustrum ibolium, ibolium privet, ibota privet

   fast-growing and tightly branched hybrid of Ligustrum ovalifolium and Ligustrum obtusifolium

   Japanese privet, Ligustrum japonicum

   evergreen shrub of Japan and Korea having small dark leaves and flowers in loose panicles; related to but smaller than Chinese privet

   Chinese privet, Ligustrum lucidum, white wax tree

   erect evergreen treelike shrub of China and Korea and Japan having acuminate leaves and flowers in long erect panicles; resembles Japanese privet

   Ligustrum obtusifolium

   small deciduous shrub having graceful arching branches and luxuriant foliage

   California privet, Ligustrum ovalifolium

   semi-evergreen Japanese shrub having malodorous flowers; used extensively for hedges because more likely to stay green that common privet

   Ligustrum vulgare, common privet

   deciduous semi-evergreen shrub used for hedges

   Himalayan lilac, Syringa emodi

   robust upright shrub of mountains of northern India having oblong-elliptic leaves and pale lilac or white malodorous flowers

   Hungarian lilac, Syringa josikaea, Syringa josikea

   central European upright shrub having elliptic leaves and upright clusters of lilac or deep violet flowers

   Persian lilac, Syringa persica

   small densely branching Asiatic shrub having lanceolate leaves and panicles of fragrant lilac flowers

   Japanese tree lilac, Syringa amurensis japonica, Syringa reticulata

   small tree of Japan having narrow pointed leaves and creamy-white flowers

   Japanese lilac, Syringa villosa

   lilac of northern China having ovate leaves and profuse early summer rose-lilac flowers

   Syringa vulgaris, common lilac

   large European lilac naturalized in North America having heart-shaped ovate leaves and large panicles of highly fragrant lilac or white flowers

   Hamamelis virginiana, Virginian witch hazel

   common shrub of eastern North America having small yellow flowers after the leaves have fallen

   Hamamelis vernalis, vernal witch hazel

   fragrant shrub of lower Mississippi valley having very small flowers from midwinter to spring

   Elaeagnus latifolia, wild olive

   erect shrub or climber of India and China with red olivelike fruit

   Elaeagnus commutata, silver berry, silver-bush, silverberry, silverbush

   deciduous unarmed North American shrub with silvery leaves and fruits

   Elaeagnus augustifolia, Russian olive, silver berry

   deciduous shrubby tree of Europe and western Asia having grey leaves and small yellow fruits covered in silvery scales; sometimes spiny

   loosestrife

   any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum

   California fuchsia, Epilobium canum canum, Zauschneria californica, humming bird's trumpet

   shrublet of southwestern United States to Mexico having brilliant scarlet flowers

   Fuchsia coccinea, ladies'-eardrop, ladies'-eardrops, lady's-eardrop, lady's-eardrops

   erect or climbing shrub of Brazil with deep pink to red flowers

   Fuchsia excorticata, konini, native fuchsia, tree fuchsia

   erect deciduous shrub or tree to 10 feet with maroon flowers; New Zealand

   Daphne cneorum, garland flower

   widely cultivated low evergreen shrub with dense clusters of fragrant pink to deep rose flowers

   Daphne laureola, spurge laurel, wood laurel

   bushy Eurasian shrub with glossy leathery oblong leaves and yellow-green flowers

   Daphne mezereum, February daphne, mezereon

   small European deciduous shrub with fragrant lilac-colored flowers followed by red berries on highly toxic twigs

   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

   Cistus albidus, white-leaved rockrose

   compact white pubescent shrub of southwestern Europe having pink flowers

   Cistus ladanifer, Cistus ladanum, common gum cistus

   shrub having white flowers and viscid stems and leaves yielding a fragrant oleoresin used in perfumes especially as a fixative

   Crocanthemum canadense, Helianthemum canadense, frost-weed, frostweed, frostwort

   perennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowers; so-called because ice crystals form on it during first frosts

   rock rose, rockrose

   any of numerous varieties of helianthemums having small rose-like yellow or white or reddish flowers

   Helianthemum scoparium, rush rose

   woody yellow-flowered perennial of southeastern United States

   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

   Fouquieria splendens, Jacob's staff, coachwhip, ocotillo, vine cactus

   desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers

   Fouquieria columnaris, Idria columnaris, boojum tree, cirio

   candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers

   Cannabis sativa, ganja, marihuana, marijuana

   a strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared

   Cannabis indica, Indian hemp

   source of e.g. bhang and hashish as well as fiber

   Spanish bayonet, Yucca aloifolia

   a stiff yucca with a short trunk; found in the southern United States and tropical America; has rigid spine-tipped leaves and clusters of white flowers

   Spanish bayonet, Yucca baccata

   tall yucca of the southwestern United States and Mexico having a woody stem and stiff swordlike pointed leaves and a large cluster of white flowers

   Joshua tree, Yucca brevifolia

   a large branched arborescent yucca of southwestern United States having short leaves and clustered greenish white flowers

   Spanish dagger, Yucca carnerosana

   arborescent yucca of southwestern United States and northern Mexico with sword-shaped leaves and white flowers

   Yucca elata, soap tree, soap-weed, soapweed

   tall arborescent yucca of southwestern United States

   Adam's needle, Adam's needle-and-thread, Yucca filamentosa, needle palm, spoonleaf yucca

   yucca with long stiff leaves having filamentlike appendages

   Yucca glauca, bear grass

   yucca of west central United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers

   Spanish dagger, Yucca gloriosa

   yucca of southeastern United States similar to the Spanish bayonets but with shorter trunk and smoother leaves

   Yucca smalliana, bear grass

   yucca of southern United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers

   Our Lord's candle, Yucca whipplei

   yucca of southwestern United States and Mexico with a tall spike of creamy white flowers

   Caesalpinia gilliesii, Poinciana gilliesii, bird of paradise, poinciana

   a tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana

   Caesalpinia pulcherrima, Poinciana pulcherrima, flamboyant tree, paradise flower, pride of barbados

   tropical shrub or small tree having showy yellow to orange-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana

   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 alata, Senna alata, ringworm bush, ringworm cassia, ringworm shrub

   tropical shrub (especially of Americas) having yellow flowers and large leaves whose juice is used as a cure for ringworm and poisonous bites; sometimes placed in genus Cassia

   Cassia auriculata, Senna auriculata, avaram, tanner's cassia

   evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning; sometimes placed in genus Cassia

   Alexandria senna, Alexandrian senna, Cassia acutifolia, Cassia augustifolia, Indian senna, Senna alexandrina, tinnevelly senna, true senna

   erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; 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

   Cassia occidentalis, Senna occidentalis, coffee senna, mogdad coffee, stinking weed, styptic weed

   very leafy malodorous tropical weedy shrub whose seeds have been used as an adulterant for coffee; sometimes classified in genus Cassia

   Amorpha canescens, lead plant, leadplant

   shrub of sandy woodlands and stream banks of western United States having hoary pinnate flowers and dull-colored racemose flowers; thought to indicate the presence of lead ore

   Amorpha californica, bastard indigo, false indigo

   an erect to spreading hairy shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having racemes of red to indigo flowers

   Amorpha fruticosa, bastard indigo, false indigo

   dense shrub of moist riverbanks and flood plains of the eastern United States having attractive fragrant foliage and dense racemes of dark purple flowers

   Caragana arborescens, Siberian pea tree

   large spiny shrub of eastern Asia having clusters of yellow flowers; often cultivated in shelterbelts and hedges

   Caragana sinica, Chinese pea tree

   shrub with dark-green glossy foliage and solitary pale yellow flowers; northern China

   weeping tree broom

   small shrubby tree of New Zealand having weeping branches and racemes of white to violet flowers followed by woolly indehiscent two-seeded pods

   Clianthus formosus, Clianthus speciosus, Sturt pea, Sturt's desert pea, desert pea

   sprawling shrubby perennial noted for its scarlet black-marked flowers; widely distributed in dry parts of Australia

   Clianthus puniceus, parrot's beak, parrot's bill

   evergreen shrub with scarlet to white clawlike or beaklike flowers; New Zealand

   Coronilla varia, axseed, crown vetch

   European herb resembling vetch; naturalized in the eastern United States; having umbels of pink-and-white flowers and sharp-angled pods

   Cytisus albus, Cytisus multiflorus, white Spanish broom, white broom

   low European broom having trifoliate leaves and yellowish-white flowers

   Cytisus scoparius, Scotch broom, common broom, green broom

   deciduous erect spreading broom native to western Europe; widely cultivated for its rich yellow flowers

   beggar lice, beggar's lice, tick trefoil

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

   Genista anglica, broom tree, needle furze, petty whin

   prickly yellow-flowered shrub of the moors of New England and Europe

   Genista hispanica, Spanish broom, Spanish gorse

   erect shrub of southwestern Europe having racemes of golden yellow flowers

   Genista tinctoria, dyer's greenweed, dyer's-broom, dyeweed, greenweed, whin, woadwaxen, woodwaxen

   small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental

   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

   Indigofera anil, Indigofera suffruticosa, anil

   shrub of West Indies and South America that is a source of indigo dye

   Alpine golden chain, Laburnum alpinum, Scotch laburnum

   an ornamental shrub or tree of the genus Laburnum

   Laburnum anagyroides, common laburnum, golden chain, golden rain

   an ornamental shrub or tree of the genus Laburnum; often cultivated for Easter decorations

   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

   Bengal bean, Benghal bean, Florida bean, Mucuna aterrima, Mucuna deeringiana, Mucuna pruriens utilis, Stizolobium deeringiana, cowage, velvet bean

   the annual woody vine of Asia having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy pods; cultivated in southern United States for green manure and grazing

   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

   Spanish broom, Spartium junceum, weaver's broom

   tall thornless shrub having pale yellow flowers and flexible rushlike twigs used in basketry; of southwestern Europe and Mediterranean; naturalized in California

   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

   Rosa pendulina, mountain rose

   European alpine rose with crimson flowers

   Rosa spithamaea, ground rose

   low-growing bristly shrub of southern Oregon and California with creeping rootstocks and usually corymbose flowers

   Rosa banksia, banksia rose

   Chinese evergreen climbing rose with yellow or white single flowers

   Rosa canina, dog rose

   prickly wild rose with delicate pink or white scentless flowers; native to Europe

   Bengal rose, China rose, Rosa chinensis

   shrubby Chinese rose; ancestor of many cultivated garden roses

   Rosa damascena, damask rose, summer damask rose

   large hardy very fragrant pink rose; cultivated in Asia Minor as source of attar of roses; parent of many hybrids

   Rosa eglanteria, briar, brier, eglantine, sweetbriar, sweetbrier

   Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips

   Cherokee rose, Rosa laevigata

   Chinese climbing rose with fragrant white blossoms

   Japanese rose, Rosa multiflora, baby rose, multiflora, multiflora rose

   vigorously growing rose having clusters of numerous small flowers; used for hedges and as grafting stock

   Rosa moschata, musk rose

   rose native to Mediterranean region having curved or climbing branches and loose clusters of musky-scented flowers

   Rosa odorata, tea rose

   any of several hybrid bush roses derived from a tea-scented Chinese rose with pink or yellow flowers

   Amelanchier alnifolia, alder-leaved serviceberry, alderleaf Juneberry

   shrub or small tree of northwestern North America having fragrant creamy white flowers and small waxy purple-red fruits

   Amelanchier bartramiana, Bartram Juneberry

   open-growing shrub of eastern North America having pure white flowers and small waxy almost black fruits

   Chaenomeles japonica, japonica, maule's quince

   deciduous thorny shrub native to Japan having red blossoms

   Chaenomeles speciosa, Japanese quince

   deciduous thorny shrub native to China having red or white blossoms

   Cotoneaster dammeri

   climbing evergreen shrub with white flowers and red berries; often used as ground cover

   Cotoneaster horizontalis

   deciduous flat-growing shrub with a fanned herringbone pattern and having reddish flowers and orange-red berries; used as a ground cover

   Crataegus apiifolia, Crataegus marshallii, parsley haw, parsley-leaved thorn

   southern United States hawthorn with pinnately lobed leaves

   Crataegus biltmoreana, scarlet haw

   common shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having few thorns and white flowers in corymbs followed by bright orange-red berries

   Crataegus calpodendron, Crataegus tomentosa, blackthorn, pear haw, pear hawthorn

   erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries

   Crataegus crus-galli, cockspur hawthorn, cockspur thorn

   eastern United States hawthorn with long straight thorns

   Crataegus aestivalis, mayhaw, summer haw

   hawthorn of southern United States bearing a juicy, acidic, scarlet fruit that is often used in jellies or preserves

   Crataegus laevigata, Crataegus oxycantha, English hawthorn, may, whitethorn

   thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America

   Crataegus monogyna, English hawthorn

   European hawthorn having deeply cleft leaves and bright red fruits; widely cultivated in many varieties and often grown as impenetrable hedges; established as an escape in eastern North America

   Crataegus coccinea mollis, Crataegus mollis, downy haw, red haw

   American red-fruited hawthorn with stems and leaves densely covered with short woolly hairs

   Crataegus oxyacantha, evergreen thorn

   evergreen hawthorn of southeastern Europe

   Crataegus coccinea, Crataegus pedicellata, red haw

   American red-fruited hawthorn with dense corymbs of pink-red 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

   Potentilla anserina, goose grass, goose-tansy, silverweed

   low-growing perennial having leaves silvery beneath; northern United States; Europe; Asia

   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

   Saint Peter's wreath, Spiraea prunifolia, St. Peter's wreath, bridal wreath, bridal-wreath

   shrub having copious small white flowers in spring

   woodruff

   any plant of the genus Asperula

   Gardenia augusta, Gardenia jasminoides, cape jasmine, cape jessamine

   evergreen shrub widely cultivated for its large fragrant waxlike white flowers and glossy leaves

   Hamelia erecta, Hamelia patens, coloradillo, scarlet bush, scarlet hamelia

   handsome shrub with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers; Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil

   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

   Lonicera albiflora, white honeysuckle

   bushy honeysuckle with twining branches and white or yellow-white flowers; southern United States

   American fly honeysuckle, Lonicera canadensis, fly honeysuckle

   erect deciduous North American shrub with yellow-white flowers

   Italian honeysuckle, Italian woodbine, Lonicera caprifolium

   deciduous climbing shrub with fragrant yellow-white flowers in axillary whorls

   Lonicera dioica, yellow honeysuckle

   twining deciduous shrub with clusters of purple-tinged yellow-green flowers; northeastern America

   Lonicera flava, yellow honeysuckle

   climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant yellow (later orange) flowers in terminal whorls; southeastern United States

   Lonicera hirsuta, hairy honeysuckle

   twining deciduous shrub with hairy leaves and spikes of yellow-orange flowers; northeastern America

   Lonicera involucrata, twinberry

   shrubby honeysuckle with purple flowers; western North America

   Japanese honeysuckle, Lonicera japonica

   an Asiatic trailing evergreen honeysuckle with half-evergreen leaves and fragrant white flowers turning yellow with age; has become a weed in some areas

   Hall's honeysuckle, Lonicera japonica halliana

   a variety of Japanese honeysuckle that grows like a vine; established as an aggressive escape in southeastern United States

   Lonicera morrowii, Morrow's honeysuckle

   a grey deciduous honeysuckle shrub paired white flowers turning yellow; Japan

   Lonicera periclymenum, woodbine

   European twining honeysuckle with fragrant red and yellow-white flowers

   Lonicera sempervirens, coral honeysuckle, trumpet flower, trumpet honeysuckle, trumpet vine

   evergreen North American honeysuckle vine having coral-red or orange flowers

   Lonicera tatarica, Tartarian honeysuckle, bush honeysuckle

   a honeysuckle shrub of southern Russia to central Asia

   European fly honeysuckle, European honeysuckle, Lonicera xylosteum

   cultivated Eurasian shrub with twin yellowish-white flowers and scarlet fruit

   American elder, Sambucus canadensis, black elderberry, sweet elder

   common elder of central and eastern North America bearing purple-black berries; fruit used in wines and jellies

   Sambucus caerulea, blue elder, blue elderberry

   shrub or small tree of western United States having white flowers and blue berries; fruit used in wines and jellies

   Sambucus ebulus, danewort, dwarf elder

   dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odor

   European elder, Sambucus nigra, black elder, bourtree, common elder, elderberry

   a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies

   American red elder, Sambucus pubens, red-berried elder, stinking elder

   common North American shrub or small tree

   European red elder, Sambucus racemosa, red-berried elder

   Eurasian shrub

   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

   Buxus sempervirens, European box, common box

   large slow-growing evergreen shrub or small tree with multiple stems; extensively used for hedges or borders and topiary figures

   pachysandra

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

   Euonymus europaeus, common spindle tree

   small erect deciduous shrub having tough white wood and cathartic bark and fruit

   Euonymous alatus, winged spindle tree

   bushy deciduous shrub with branches having thin wide corky longitudinal wings; brilliant red in autumn; northeastern Asia to central China

   American smokewood, Cotinus americanus, Cotinus obovatus, chittamwood

   shrubby tree of southern United States having large plumes of feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke

   Cotinus coggygria, Venetian sumac, wig tree

   Old World shrub having large plumes of yellowish feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke

   Rhus aromatica, fragrant sumac, lemon sumac

   sweet-scented sumac of eastern America having ternate leaves and yellowish-green flowers in spikes resembling catkins followed by red hairy fruits

   Rhus glabra, scarlet sumac, smooth sumac, vinegar tree

   common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with waxy compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries

   Rhus copallina, black sumac, dwarf sumac, mountain sumac, shining sumac

   common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries

   Rhus ovata, sugar sumac, sugar-bush

   evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with spikes of reddish yellow flowers and glandular hairy fruits

   Rhus typhina, Virginian sumac, staghorn sumac, velvet sumac, vinegar tree

   deciduous shrubby tree or eastern North America with compound leaves that turn brilliant red in fall and dense panicles of greenish yellow flowers followed by crimson acidic berries

   Rhus trilobata, skunkbush, squaw-bush, squawbush

   deciduous shrub of California with unpleasantly scented usually trifoliate leaves and edible fruit

   Bumelia lycioides, mock orange, shittim, shittimwood, southern buckthorn

   shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit

   Bumelia lanuginosa, black haw, chittamwood, chittimwood, false buckthorn, shittimwood

   deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico

   Asiatic sweetleaf, Symplocus paniculata, sapphire berry

   deciduous shrub of eastern Asia bearing decorative bright blue fruit

   Styrax obassia, snowbell

   small tree native to Japan

   Japanese snowbell, Styrax japonicum

   shrubby tree of China and Japan

   Styrax texana, Texas snowbell, Texas snowbells

   styrax of southwestern United States; a threatened species

   Aeonium haworthii, pinwheel

   perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels

   Hydrangea anomala, climbing hydrangea

   deciduous climber with aerial roots having white to creamy flowers in fairly flat heads

   Hydrangea arborescens, wild hydrangea

   deciduous shrub with creamy white flower clusters; eastern United States

   Hydrangea macrophylla hortensis, hortensia

   deciduous shrub bearing roundheaded flower clusters opening green and aging to pink or blue

   Hydrangea paniculata, fall-blooming hydrangea

   deciduous shrub or small tree with pyramidal flower clusters

   Hydrangea petiolaris, climbing hydrangea

   deciduous climber with aerial roots having large flat flower heads

   Carpenteria californica, carpenteria

   California evergreen shrub having glossy opposite leaves and terminal clusters of a few fragrant white flowers

   Decumaria barbara, Decumaria barbata, decumary

   woody climber of southeastern United States having white flowers in compound terminal clusters

   deutzia

   any of various shrubs of the genus Deutzia having usually toothed opposite leaves and shredding bark and white or pink flowers in loose terminal clusters

   Philadelphus coronarius, mock orange, syringa

   large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes

   Ribes rubrum, garden current, red currant

   cultivated European current bearing small edible red berries

   European black currant, Ribes nigrum, black currant

   widely cultivated current bearing edible black aromatic berries

   Ribes sativum, white currant

   garden currant bearing small white berries

   Ribes sanguineum, winter currant

   a flowering shrub

   English lavender, Lavandula angustifolia, Lavandula officinalis

   aromatic Mediterranean shrub widely cultivated for its lilac flowers which are dried and used in sachets

   French lavender, Lavandula stoechas

   shrubby greyish lavender of southwestern Europe having usually reddish-purple flowers

   French lavender, Lavandula latifolia, spike lavender

   Mediterranean plant with pale purple flowers that yields spike lavender oil

   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

   Capsicum annuum conoides, cone pepper

   plant bearing erect pungent conical red or yellow or purple fruits; sometimes grown as an ornamental

   Capsicum annuum longum, cayenne, cayenne pepper, chili pepper, chilli pepper, jalapeno, long pepper

   plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red

   Capsicum annuum grossum, bell pepper, paprika, pimento, pimiento, sweet pepper, sweet pepper plant

   a plant bearing sweet, mild red peppers often used in garnishes and for making paprika

   Capsicum annuum cerasiforme, cherry pepper

   plant bearing small rounded usually pungent fruits

   Capsicum baccatum, Capsicum frutescens baccatum, bird pepper

   plant bearing very small and very hot oblong red fruits; includes wild forms native to tropical America; thought to be ancestral to the sweet pepper and many hot peppers

   Capsicum frutescens, hot pepper, tabasco pepper, tabasco plant

   plant bearing very hot medium-sized oblong red peppers; grown principally in the Gulf Coast states for production of hot sauce

   Datura stramonium, Jamestown weed, apple of Peru, common thorn apple, jimson weed, jimsonweed

   intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits

   Duke of Argyll's tea tree, Lycium barbarum, Lycium halimifolium, common matrimony vine

   deciduous erect or spreading shrub with spiny branches and violet-purple flowers followed by orange-red berries; southeastern Europe to China

   Euphorbia lathyris, caper spurge, mole plant, myrtle spurge

   poisonous Old World spurge; adventive in America; seeds yield a purgative oil

   Euphorbia helioscopia, devil's milk, sun spurge, wartweed, wartwort

   not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun

   Euphorbia peplus, devil's milk, petty spurge

   an Old World spurge introduced as a weed in the eastern United States

   Euphorbia caput-medusae, Euphorbia medusae, medusa's head

   African dwarf succulent perennial shrub with numerous slender drooping branches

   Euphorbia corollata, flowering spurge, tramp's spurge, wild spurge

   common perennial United States spurge having showy white petallike bracts

   Euphorbia marginata, ghost weed, snow-in-summer, snow-on-the-mountain

   annual spurge of western United States having showy white-bracted flower clusters and very poisonous milk

   Euphorbia cyparissias, cypress spurge

   Old World perennial having foliage resembling cypress; naturalized as a weed in the United States

   Euphorbia esula, leafy spurge, wolf's milk

   tall European perennial naturalized and troublesome as a weed in eastern North America

   Euphorbia hirsuta, hairy spurge

   much-branched hirsute weed native to northeastern North America

   Christmas flower, Christmas star, Euphorbia pulcherrima, Mexican flameleaf, lobster plant, painted leaf, poinsettia

   tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers

   Euphorbia heterophylla, Japanese poinsettia, mole plant, paint leaf

   showy poinsettia found from the southern United States to Peru

   Euphorbia cyathophora, Mexican fire plant, fire-on-the-mountain, painted leaf

   poinsettia of United States and eastern Mexico; often confused with Euphorbia heterophylla

   Euphorbia amygdaloides, wood spurge

   European perennial herb with greenish yellow terminal flower clusters

   Euphorbia antisyphilitica, candelilla

   wax-coated shrub of northern Mexico and southwestern United States

   Euphorbia exigua, dwarf spurge

   European erect or depressed annual weedy spurge adventive in northeastern United States

   Euphorbia fulgens, scarlet plume

   Mexican shrub often cultivated for its scarlet-bracted flowers

   Euphorbia ingens, cactus euphorbia, naboom

   small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra

   Christ plant, Christ thorn, Euphorbia milii, crown of thorns

   somewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts

   Euphorbia dentata, toothed spurge

   an annual weed of northeastern North America with dentate leaves

   Croton eluteria, cascarilla

   West Indian shrub with aromatic bark

   Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima, bitter cassava, gari, mandioc, mandioca, manioc, tapioca plant

   cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca

   Manihot dulcis, sweet cassava

   South American plant with roots used as a vegetable and herbage used for stock feed

   Pedilanthus bracteatus, Pedilanthus pavonis, candelilla

   wax-coated Mexican shrub related to Euphorbia antisyphilitica

   Jew bush, Jew-bush, Jewbush, Pedilanthus tithymaloides, redbird cactus, redbird flower

   low tropical American shrub having powerful emetic properties

   Camellia japonica, japonica

   greenhouse shrub with glossy green leaves and showy fragrant rose-like flowers; cultivated in many varieties

   eringo, eryngo

   any plant of the genus Eryngium

   Rhamnus purshianus, bearberry, bearwood, cascara buckthorn, chittamwood, chittimwood

   shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada

   Carolina buckthorn, Rhamnus carolinianus, indian cherry

   deciduous shrub of eastern and central United States having black berrylike fruit; golden-yellow in autumn

   California buckthorn, California coffee, Rhamnus californicus, coffeeberry

   evergreen shrub of western United States bearing small red or black fruits

   Rhamnus frangula, alder buckthorn, alder dogwood

   small tree common in Europe

   Rhamnus croceus, red-berry, redberry

   small spiny evergreen shrub of western United States and Mexico with minute flowers and bright red berries

   Madagascar jasmine, Stephanotis floribunda, waxflower

   twining woody vine of Madagascar having thick dark waxy evergreen leaves and clusters of large fragrant waxy white flowers along the stems; widely cultivated in warm regions

   type of:

   ligneous plant, woody plant

   a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems