| Noun | 1. | genus Suksdorfia - small genus of rhizomatous herbs of northwestern America and South America rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants family Saxifragaceae, Saxifragaceae, saxifrage family - a large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs; widely distributed in northern temperate and cold regions; sometimes includes genera of the family Hydrangeaceae suksdorfia - any of several American plants of the genus Suksdorfia having orbicular to kidney-shaped somewhat succulent leaves and white or rose or violet flowers in terminal panicles Suksdorfia violaceae, violet suksdorfia - slender delicate plant with wide roundish deeply lobed leaves and deep pink to violet funnel-shaped flowers; British Columbia to northern Oregon and west to Idaho and Montana |