Aurea
/AW-ree-a/🏷️ Taxonomy● Basic
Also known as: aureus, aureum
A color epithet applied to plants with golden-yellow flowers, foliage, bark, or fruit. Golden-leaved forms of many shrubs and trees are selected in horticulture and retain this epithet. Appears as aureus (masculine), aurea (feminine), or aureum (neuter).
Etymology
From Latin aureus, meaning "golden" or "made of gold," from aurum (gold).
Example
“Choisya ternata 'Sundance' and Thuja occidentalis 'Rheingold' are classic golden-foliaged shrubs; species like Forsythia suspensa f. aurea highlight golden flowers.”