Strictus
/STRIK-tus/🏷️ Taxonomy●● Intermediate
Also known as: stricta, strictum
A growth habit epithet describing a plant with strictly upright, rigidly erect stems — more emphatically upright than erectus and implying a rigid discipline of form. Appears as strictus (masculine), stricta (feminine), or strictum (neuter).
Etymology
From Latin strictus, past participle of stringere (to bind tight), meaning "drawn tight" or "strictly upright."
Example
“Juncus strictus (strict rush) and Iris stricta both have the rigidly erect, strictly vertical stems the epithet describes — plants that grow as if under orders to maintain a perfectly upright posture.”