Habenaria (rein or strap, as to shape
of flower parts) - Hab-en-nay-ree-
uh: Fringed orchis, Rein orchis.
Hacquetia (for B. Hacquet, writer on
Alpine plants )- Hak-kwee-shee-uh.
Haemanthus (blood-flower) - Heem-
anth-us: Blood-lily.
Hakea (for German baron von Hake)
-Hay-kee-uh.
Halesia (for English botanist Stephen
Hales)-Hay-lee-see-uh: Silver-bell.
Halimodendron (salt-tree, as to habitat
on salt plains)-Hal-im-oh-den-dron:
Salt-tree.
Hamamelis (at-the-same-time-fruit, for
the presence of flowers at fruiting
time in some species) - Ham-am-
meel-iss: Witch-hazel.
Hamatocactus (hooked-cactus, for na-
ture of spines in some cactus gen-
era)-Ham-at-oh-kak-tus.
Hamelia (for French botanist H. L.
Duhamel-Dumonceau) - Ham-mee-
lee-uh.
Hardenbergia (for German Countess
Hardenberg)-Har-den-berj-ee-uh.
Harpephyllum (sickle-leaf, as to pointed
form) - Harp-ef-fill-um: Kafir-
plum.
Harrisia (for botanist William Harris) -
Har-riss-ee-uh.
Haworthia (for English botanist J. H.
Haworth)-Hay-worth-ee-uh.
Hebe (for mythical goddess of youth)
-Hee-bee.
Hebenstretia (for German physician J.
E. Hebenstreit) - Heb-en-street-ee-
uh.
Hedeoma (sweet-odor, presumably; for
fragrant flowers)-Hee-dee-oh-muh.
Hedera (classic name for ivy)-Hed-er-
uh: Ivy.
Hedychium (sweet-snow, for color and
fragrance of flowers in some spe-
cies) - Hee-dik-ee-um: Ginger-lily,
and (H. coronarium) Garland-flower.
Hedysarum (sweet-spice, as to flower
scent)-Hee-diss-ar-um.
Helenium - Hel-leen-ee-um: Sneeze-
weed.
Helianthella (little-sun-flower) - Hee-
lee-anth-ell-uh.
Helianthemum (sun-flower) - Hee-lee-
artth-em-um: Sun-rose.
Helianthus (sun-flower)-Hee-lee-anth-
us: Sunflower.
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Helichrysum (sun-gold, as to flower
heads) - Hel-ik-krye-sum: Everlast-
ing.
Helicodiceros (spirally-two-horned: ap-
plication vague) - Hel-ik-koh-diss-
er-os: Twist-arum.
Heliconia (for Helikon, seat of the
mythical muses)-Hel-ik-koh-nee-uh.
Heliocereus (sun-cereus) -Hee-lee-oh-
seer-ee-us.
Heliopsis (sun-like, as to flowers) - Hee-
lee-opp-siss.
Heliotropium (sun-turning, originally
applied to flowers that always faced
toward the sun) - Hee-lee-oh-troh-
pee-um: Heliotrope.
Helipterum (sun-wing, as to tropism of
certain parts)-Hel-lip-ter-um: Ever-
lasting.
Helonias (marsh) - Hel-loh-nee-ass:
Swamp-pink.
Hellebores - Hel-leb-boh-rus: Helle-
bore, and (H. niger) Christmas-rose.
Helxine-Hel-zye-nee: Babys-tears.
Hemerocallis (day-beauty, for its flow-
ers, which fail to last overnight) -
Hem-er-oh-kal-iss: Day-lily.
Hemigraphis-Hem-ig-graff-iss.
Hemionitis (mule, for those of its
fronds which are sterile)-Hem-ee-oh-
rcye-tiss: Strawberry-fern.
Hemiptelea (half-elm) - Hem-ip-teel-ee-
uh.
Hepatica (liver-like, as to leaf shape)-
Hep-pat-ik-uh: Liverleaf.
Heracleum (for mythical Hercules)-
Hehr-ak-klee-um. Cow-parsnip.
Herniaria (from same root as word
hernia, perhaps for swollen joints)-
Her-nee-ay-ree-uh: Herniary, Rupture-
wort, Burst-wort.
Hesperaloe (western-aloe) - Hess-per-
al-oh-ee.
Hesperethusa (for one of the mythical
Hesperides)-Hesp-er-eth-thew-suh.
Hesperis (evening) - Hesp-er-iss:
Rocket.
Heterocentron (unlike-spurs, as to an-
thers ) -Het-er-oh-sent-ron.
Heteromeles (differing-fruit) - Het-er-
oh-mee-leez: Toyon, Christmas-berry.
Heterospathe (differing-spathe) - Het-er-
oh-spayth-ee.
Heterospermum (differing-seed)-Het-er-
oh-sperm-um.
Heuchera (for German botanist Johann
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