Plant Identification

Latin Terms Glossary

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fastigiata
Meaning: narrow, upright branches
Example: Taxus baccata fastigiata — Irish yew
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ferox
Meaning: fierce or spiny
Example: Aloe ferox — Cape aloe
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filiformis
Meaning: thread-like
Example: Drosera filiformis — threadleaf sundew
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flava / flavus
Meaning: yellow
Example: Iris flava — yellow iris
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floribunda
Meaning: free-flowering
Example: Rosa floribunda — cluster-flowered rose
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foliosa
Meaning: leafy
Example: Primula foliosa — leafy primrose
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formosa
Meaning: beautiful
Example: Clarkia formosa — beautiful clarkia
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fragilis
Meaning: fragile
Example: Asplenium fragile — brittle spleenwort
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fruticosa / fruticans
Meaning: shrubby
Example: Hypericum fruticosum — woody St. John’s wort
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fuscus / fusca
Meaning: dark or dusky colored
Example: Carex fusca — dark sedge
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