longifolium
/lon-jih-FOH-lee-um/🏷️ Taxonomy● Basic
A leaf shape epithet for a plant whose leaves are conspicuously long in proportion to their width, often strap-like or drawn out well beyond the genus norm. It contrasts with latifolius, which marks breadth rather than length. Appears as longifolius (masculine), longifolia (feminine), or longifolium (neuter).
Etymology
From Latin longus (long) + folium (leaf), meaning "long-leaved."
Example
“Bupleurum longifolium (long-leaved hare's ear) shows the epithet in its neuter form, its leaves far longer than they are broad.”