Alba
/AL-ba/🏷️ Taxonomy● Basic
A color epithet indicating the plant bears white flowers, fruits, bark, or other features. It is among the oldest and most widely used epithets in botanical Latin. Appears as albus (masculine), alba (feminine), or album (neuter).
Etymology
From Latin alba, meaning "white" or "bright," from albus (white).
Example
“Rosa alba, Betula alba (white birch), and Trillium album all carry this epithet to highlight their white coloration.”