montana
/mon-TAH-nuh/🏷️ Taxonomy● Basic
Also known as: montanus, montanum
A habitat epithet for a plant of mountain country, covering foothills and montane slopes rather than the true alpine ground above the treeline. This is the feminine ending, used with feminine genera. Appears as montanus (masculine), montana (feminine), or montanum (neuter).
Etymology
From Latin montanus, meaning "of mountains," from mons/montis (mountain).
Example
“Centaurea montana (perennial cornflower) and Bellendena montana (mountain rocket) both take the feminine ending, one from European mountains and one from Tasmanian.”