Vulpinus
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Also known as: vulpina, vulpinum
An animal-reference epithet relating the plant to a fox, typically applied because of a resemblance in color (tawny, russet), texture (bushy, soft), or because the plant was associated with fox habitats. Appears as vulpinus (masculine), vulpina (feminine), or vulpinum (neuter).
Etymology
From Latin vulpinus, meaning "of a fox" or "fox-like," from vulpes (fox).
Example
“Alopecurus pratensis (meadow foxtail) has a related fox-root in its genus name — alopex being Greek for fox — and Carex vulpina (fox sedge) likely gets its name from the tawny color of its dense spike.”