Laetus
/LEE-tus/🏷️ Taxonomy●● Intermediate
Also known as: laeta, laetum
An epithet meaning the plant is bright, vivid, or cheerful — either brilliantly colored or vigorously growing and lush. Appears as laetus (masculine), laeta (feminine), or laetum (neuter).
Etymology
From Latin laetus, meaning "joyful," "bright," "fertile," or "vigorous."
Example
“Poa laeta and Viola laeta both carry this vivid, energetic epithet — the former for vigorous growth, the latter for the bright cheerfulness of its flowers.”