Regalis
/reh-GAH-lis/🏷️ Taxonomy●● Intermediate
Also known as: regale
An aesthetic and size epithet meaning the plant is regal, kingly, or of outstanding impressiveness — fit for royalty. It is applied to plants of particularly imposing size, magnificent flowers, or commanding presence. Appears as regalis (both genders).
Etymology
From Latin regalis, meaning "royal" or "kingly," from rex/regis (king).
Example
“Osmunda regalis (royal fern) — the largest and most majestic of European ferns — and Lilium regale (regal lily) with its enormous, fragrant white trumpets both wear the crown of this most elevated of epithets.”