Wondering about Botanic Names? Here are the meanings?

Botanic names, also technically called Latin binomials, are an important way of clearly designating plants to ensure international consistency and avoid confusion. But to the uninitiated the names themselves can be confusing!

This comes courtesy of the NHAA twitter feed – a list of many common species names and their meanings. For example, “angustifolia” means “narrow-leaved”. See the full list here.

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