prairie lotus vs suffrutex

prairie lotus and suffrutex both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
prairie lotus	Yes	No	No	No
suffrutex	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, suffrutex is a hypernym of prairie lotus; that is, suffrutex is a word with a broader meaning than prairie lotus:

Other hypernyms of prairie lotus include subshrub.

prairie lotus (noun)	suffrutex (noun)
North American annual with red or rose-colored flowers	low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base