Spicatus
/spy-KAH-tus/🏷️ Taxonomy●● Intermediate
Also known as: spicata, spicatum
A floral arrangement epithet describing flowers borne in spikes — dense, elongated clusters where the individual flowers attach directly to the main axis without individual stalks. Spike-bearing plants often have a bold, architectural quality. Appears as spicatus (masculine), spicata (feminine), or spicatum (neuter).
Etymology
From Latin spica (an ear of grain, a spike) + -atus (possessing).
Example
“Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver's root) and Liatris spicata (blazing star) both produce the tall, dense flower spikes that give the spicatus epithet its visual justification.”