humistratus

From Latin humi (“on the ground”) +‎ Latin stratus (“spread flat”).

humistratus m (feminine humistrata, neuter humistratum)

1. (botany) Used as a specific epithet; prostrate, growing flat across the ground.
   • 1915, Elmer Ottis Wooton, Paul Carpenter Standley, Flora of New Mexico (in English), page 363:

     As here treated, A. humistratus is the form having deeply sulcate, somewhat recurved pods, thinly villous to glabrate leaflets, and not very conspicuous stipules.

   • 2016 June 1, Roger L. Hammer, Central Florida Wildflowers: A Field Guide to Wildflowers of the Lake Wales Ridge, Ocala National Forest, Disney Wilderness Preserve, and More than 60 State Parks and Preserves (in English), Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 2:

     The name humistrata relates to the species' low-growing habit. It was first described as Ruellia humistrata by French botanist André Michaux (1746-1802), but the name wasn't published until 1803, the year after his untimely death in Madagascar.

• Asclepias humistrata
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