Fulgens
/FUL-jenz/🏷️ Taxonomy●● Intermediate
A light and color epithet describing a plant that gleams or shines brilliantly — the dazzling shine of highly polished metal or intensely bright flowers. It implies a more dramatic luminosity than nitidus or lucidus. From the present participle of the Latin verb to shine.
Etymology
From Latin fulgens, present participle of fulgere, meaning "to shine," "to flash," or "to gleam."
Example
“Salvia fulgens (cardinal sage) produces flowers of such saturated, gleaming scarlet they seem to glow — fully justifying the dazzling luminosity the epithet promises.”