Glaucophyllus
/glaw-koh-FIL-us/🏷️ Taxonomy●● Intermediate
Also known as: glaucophylla, glaucophyllum
A Greek-derived compound epithet describing a plant with distinctly glaucous — blue-grey or blue-green — leaf coloration. More specific than the plain glaucus, it pinpoints the glaucous quality as a leaf characteristic. Appears as glaucophyllus (masculine), glaucophylla (feminine), or glaucophyllum (neuter).
Etymology
From Greek glaukos (blue-grey, sea-green) + phyllon (leaf), meaning "blue-grey-leaved."
Example
“Hosta glaucophylla and Eucalyptus glaucophylla both have the distinctive blue-grey foliage the epithet describes — leaves so blue they create a cool, misty quality in plantings that no other color achieves.”