asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs

family Polemoniaceae, phlox family, Polemoniaceae - a widely distributed family of chiefly herbaceous plants of the order Polemoniales; often have showy flowers

polemonium - any plant of the genus Polemonium; most are low-growing often foul-smelling plants of temperate to arctic regions