Scanicus
/SKAN-ih-kus/🏷️ Taxonomy●●● Advanced
Also known as: scanica, scanicum
A geographic epithet indicating the plant is associated with Scania (the southernmost province of Sweden) or Scandinavia. Scandinavian plants are typically extremely cold-hardy. Appears as scanicus (masculine), scanica (feminine), or scanicum (neuter).
Etymology
From Latin Scanicus, from Scania (the southern Swedish province), from Old Norse Skáney.
Example
“Veronica scanica and Sedum scanicum are plants of the northern European flora whose Scandinavian origins and cold-hardiness their epithet records.”