1. Common perennial herb widely distributed in the southern and eastern United States having drooping clusters of pinkish flowers and thick basal leaves suggesting a lion's foot in shape; sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes
   "gall of the earth blooms dotted the woodland clearing";
   - lion's foot, Nabalus serpentarius, Prenanthes serpentaria

Derived forms: galls of the earth

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant

Part of: genus Nabalus, Nabalus

Encyclopedia: Gall of the earth