abyssinica = from Abysinnia (Ethiopia) (North Africa)

acaulis = stemless

aestivalis = flowering in spring

alba = white

alpestris = from mountains

alpicola = from mountains

alpina = from the alps

altissima = tallest

america = from America

angustifolia = narrow-leaved

annua = annual

-antha = -flowered (e.g. micrantha = small-flowered)

arboricola = living on trees

arctica = from the arctic

arenaria = from sandy places

argentea = silvery

armata = prickly

arvensis = of the field

aurantiaca = orange

aurea = golden, yellow

australis = from the south (not necessarily Australia)

autumnalis = of autumn

azurea = blue

barbata = bearded, hairy

bellidifolia = with leaves like those of a daisy

borealis = from the north

bulbifera = bearing bulbs

bulgarica = from Bulgaria

caerulea = blue

caespitosa = dense

campanulata = campanulate, like a bell

campestris = of the field

canadensis = from Canada

canariensis = from the Canary Isles

capensis = from the Cape, South Africa

chilensis = from Chile

chinensis = from China

chrysantha = yellow

clivora = from the hills

coccinea = red

compacta = compact

decidua = deciduous

densiflora = dense-flowered

digitata = (leaves) like a hand, with five lobes

edulis = edible

esculenta = edible

farinosa = floury, powdery

ficifolia = like a fig leaf

flava = yellow

-flora = -flowered (e.g. viridiflora = green-flowered)

flore plena = with double flowers

florida = floriferous

foetida = with an unpleasant smell

-folia = -leaved (e.g. tenuifolia = narrow-leaved)

foliosa = leafy

fruticosa = shrubby

gigantea = giant

glabra = smooth

glacialis = from cold areas

glutinosa = sticky

graeca = from Greece

graminifolia = with grassy leaves

grandiflora = large-flowered

grandis = big

helvetica = from Switzerland

hirsuta = hairy

hispida = bristly

humilis = short

hyemalis = of winter

incana = grey

inodora = unscented

integrifolia = entire, undivided (leaves)

japonica = from Japan

lanata = woolly

lanceolata = lance-shaped (leaves)

latifolia = wide-leaved

longiflora = with long flowers

longifolia = with long leaves

lutea = yellow

macrantha = large flowered

macro- = large- (e.g. macrorhiza = large-rooted)

macrocarpa = large-fruited

macrophylla = with large leaves

macrorrhiza = with large roots

maculata = spotted

magellanica = from the south of South America

magenta = magenta

magna = big

majus = bigger

maritima = maritime, near the sea

maxima = biggest

mexicana = from Mexico

micrantha = small flowered

microphylla = with small leaves

millefolia = with many (thousands of) leaves

minima = small

minor = smaller

montana = from mountains

multiflora = many flowered

muralis = growing on walls

nana = small

nocturna = nocturnal

ochroleuca = cream

odorata = perfumed

officinalis = with herbal uses

ovalifolia = with oval leaves

pallida = cream

palustris = from marshes

parvi- = small- (e.g. parivflora = small-flowered)

parviflora = small flowered

parvifolia = with small leaves

pauci- = few- (e.g. pauciflora =few-flowered)

pauciflora = few-flowered

paucifolia = with few leaves

pendula = hanging

perennis = perennial

phoenicea = purple

-phylla = -leaved (e.g. macrophylla = large-leaved)

pinnata = with pinnate leaves

poly- = many (e.g polyantha = many-flowered)

polyphylla = with many leaves, leafy

praecox = early, of spring

pratensis = field

procumbens = creeping

prostrata = prostrate

pulverulenta = dusty

pumila = small

punica = red

purpurea = deep pink

pygmaea = small

quercifolia = oak=leaved

rediviva = perennial

rivalis = from near rivers

rivularis = from near rivers

rosea = rose pink

rotundifolia = round-leaved

rubra = red

rupestris = of hills

rupicola = of hills

russica = from Russia

sanguinea = blood-red

sativa = cultivated

saxatilis = of rocks

scaber = climbing

scandens = climbing

semperviva = perennial

sibirica = from Siberia

sinense = from China

somnifera = inducing sleep

spicata = spiked

spinosa = spiny

stellata = starry

sulphurea = yellow

sylvestris = of woods

tenuifolia = with thin, narrow leaves

texensis = from Texas

tomentosa = tomentose, woolly

trifoliata = trifoliate, with three-lobed leaves

umbellata = unbellate, with flowers in an umbel

velutina = velvety

vernalis = of spring

villosa = hairy

violacea = violet

viridis = green

viscosa = sticky

vitifolia = with leaves like a vine

volubilis = twining

vulgaris = common