Plumosus
/ploo-MOH-sus/🏷️ Taxonomy●● Intermediate
Also known as: plumosa, plumosum
A texture and form epithet describing a plant with soft, feathery, plume-like structures — whether feathery leaves, plumed seed heads, or soft divided flower spikes. Appears as plumosus (masculine), plumosa (feminine), or plumosum (neuter).
Etymology
From Latin plumosus, meaning "feathery," from pluma (a feather).
Example
“Asparagus plumosus (lace fern) has the extraordinarily fine, feathery foliage the epithet describes, and Celosia plumosa produces the soft velvet-feather plumes beloved in summer bedding.”