a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

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

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

chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers

common perennial herb having aromatic roots used as a substitute for sarsaparilla; central and eastern North America

unarmed woody rhizomatous perennial plant distinguished from wild sarsaparilla by more aromatic roots and panicled umbels; southeastern North America to Mexico