Latin Naming of Plants Flashcards
Affinis
Related
Alatus
Winged
Alba
White
Albiflorus
White flowered
Alpestris
Nearly alpine
Alpinus
Alpine
Alternifolia
Alternate-leaves
Altissima
Tallest
Amabilis
Lovely
Angulatus
Angular, angled
Augustifolius
Narrow-leaved
Apiculata
Short, pointed tip
Aquifolium
Holly leaved
Arborea
Treelike, woody
Arenarius
Of sand or sandy places
Argentea
Silvery
Attenuata
Slenderly tapering
Aureu
Golden
Australis
Southern
Baccatus
Berried
Barbatus
Barbed, bearded
Bipinnata
Twice pinnate (leaflets on each side of a common petiole, like a feather)
Brevicaulis
Short-stemmed
Brevifolius
Short-leaved
Buxifolius
Box leaved
Campestris
Of the fields or plains
Canadensis
From Canada
Candidus
Pure white, shining
Coccineus
Scarlet
Communis
Common, general
Concolor
Of uniform color
Confertus
Crowded, pressed together
Cordate
Heart shaped
Crassifolius
Thick leaved
Crenata
Toothed, teeth rounded
Crenulatus
Finely scalloped
Cuspidata
Short, rigid point
Cyaneus
Blue
Devilish
Weak, frail
Decorus
Elegant, comely, becoming
Decurrens
Running down the stem
Densiflorus
Heavily flowered
Denticulata
Toothed slightly or minutely
Dimorphus
Occurring in two forms
Dioecious
Male and female flowers on separate plants
Divergens
Wide spreading
Edulis
Edible
Elatus
Tall
Elegans
Elegant, beautiful
Elongatus
Elongated, lengthened
Falcatus
Like a sickle
Fastigiatus
Branches erect and close together
Floribunda
Free flowering
Floridus
Flowering freely
Fragilis
Fragile, brittle
Fruticosus
Shrubby