1. (noun) a plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruit; reputed to have healing powers

• sanicle

2. (noun) any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads

• blazing star
• button snakeroot
• gay-feather
• gayfeather

1. (noun) a plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruit; reputed to have healing powers

• european sanicle
• sanicula europaea
• footsteps-of-spring
• sanicula arctopoides
• purple sanicle
• sanicula bipinnatifida

2. (noun) any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads

• dense blazing star
• liatris pycnostachya
• dotted gayfeather
• liatris punctata

1. (noun) a plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruit; reputed to have healing powers

• genus sanicula
• sanicula

2. (noun) any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads

• genus liatris
• liatris

1. (noun) a plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruit; reputed to have healing powers

• herb
• herbaceous plant

2. (noun) any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads

• wild flower
• wildflower