leadwort

noun6

1. •
   Plants in family Plumbaginaceae
2. •
   Any of various maritime herbs of the genus Plumbago, some of which have lead-coloured spots on the leaves or nearly lead-coloured flowers.
3. •
   especially, of species Plumbago europaea, of southern Europe, north Africa, the eastern Mediterranean, and Armenia.
4. •
   Any of various plants of genus Ceratostigma.
5. •
   A leadplant, a leguminous shrub of species Amorpha canescens, of the western U.S. that has hoary pinnate leaves and bears dull-colored racemose flowers; supposed to help locate lead deposits.
6. •
   Diverse plants that tolerate high levels of lead, such as spring sandwort (Sabulina verna subsp. verna, syn. Minuartia verna) and alpine pennycress (Noccaea caerulescens, syn. Thlaspi caerulescens).