Pictus
/PIK-tus/🏷️ Taxonomy●● Intermediate
Also known as: picta, pictum
An aesthetic epithet describing a plant with markings, spots, or variegation giving the impression of having been painted. Appears as pictus (masculine), picta (feminine), or pictum (neuter).
Etymology
From Latin pictus, past participle of pingere (to paint), meaning "painted."
Example
“Arum pictum (painted arum) and Athyrium niponicum 'Pictum' (Japanese painted fern) have the silver-and-burgundy markings that so perfectly justify this most artistic of epithets.”