Lithospermum canescens

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Lithospermum canescens
    n 1: perennial North American plant with greyish hairy foliage
         yielding a red or yellow pigment [syn: {hoary puccoon},
         {Indian paint}, {Lithospermum canescens}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Puccoon \Puc*coon"\, n. [From the American Indian name.] (Bot.)
   Any one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is
   used by the North American Indians, as the bloodroot and two
   species of {Lithospermum} ({Lithospermum hirtum}, and
   {Lithospermum canescens}); also, the pigment itself.
   [1913 Webster]