Horizontalis
/hoh-riz-on-TAH-lis/🏷️ Taxonomy●● Intermediate
Also known as: horizontale
A habit epithet describing a plant whose branches spread outward in a flat, horizontal plane rather than growing upright or arching. Plants with this epithet typically have a tiered, layered appearance highly valued in ornamental horticulture.
Etymology
From Latin horizontalis, meaning "horizontal," from horizon (the horizon), from Greek horizein (to bound, to limit).
Example
“Cornus horizontalis (now Cornus kousa) and Juniperus horizontalis (creeping juniper) both exhibit the strongly layered, flat-branching structure their epithet describes.”