Digitatus
/dij-ih-TAH-tus/🏷️ Taxonomy●● Intermediate
Also known as: digitata, digitatum
A leaf structure epithet describing a leaf divided into distinct, finger-like segments radiating from a single point — like spread fingers. It is closely related to palmatus but implies more distinct, finger-like divisions rather than simply lobed margins. Appears as digitatus (masculine), digitata (feminine), or digitatum (neuter).
Etymology
From Latin digitatus, meaning "having fingers" or "finger-like," from digitus (a finger, toe).
Example
“Helleborus foetidus has the dramatic digitately divided leaves — five to nine narrow leaflets spreading from a single petiole tip — that make the plant distinctive even out of flower.”