radicans - rad-ik-anz: rooting (along
stem).
radicatus -- rad-ik-kay-tus: rooted
(strongly).
radicosus - rad-ik-koh-sus: many
rooted.
radicum-rad-ik-um: referring to roots.
radiosus - ray-dee-oh-sus: with many
rays.
ramentaceous-ram-en-fay-see-us: with
a hairy covering.
ramiflorus - ram-if-floh-rus: with
branching inflorescence (flowering
parts).
ramosissimus-ram-oh-siss-im-us: much
branched.
ramosus-ram-moh-sus: branched.
rapaceus-rap-pay-see-us: turnip-like.
rapunculoides - rap-unk-yew-loy-deez:
with bell-like flowers.
rariflorus - rayr-if-floh-rus: loose- or
scanty-flowered.
ranis-rayr-us: uncommon.
raucus-rok-us: raw (looking).
reclinatus-rek-lin-nay-tus: bent back-
ward.
rectus-rekt-us: straight, upright.
recurvatus - rek-kur-vay-tus: curved
back (recurved).
recurvifolius - rek-kur-vif-foh-lee-us:
backcurving leaves.
recurvus - rek-kurv-us: curved back
(recurved).
redivivus-red-iv-vye-vus: literally, re-
stored to life.
reflexus-ref-flex-us: bent back (re-
flex).
refractus-ref-frak-tus: broken.
refulgens - ref -fulj- ens: shining
brightly.
regalis-reg-gay-liss: majestic, regal.
reginae - rej-jye-nee: referring to a
queen (royal).
reginus - ree-jin-us: kingly (royal),
regal.
religiosus-rel-lij-ee-oh-sus: venerable,
also referring to religious uses, sa-
cred.
remotus - rem-moh-tus: with widely
separated parts.
reniformis - ren-if-form-iss: kidney-
shaped (reniform).
repandens - rep-pand-ens: wavy-mar-
gined.
repens-reep-ens: creeping.
reptans-rept-anz: creeping.
resectus-ress-sekt-us: cut-off (or seem-
ingly so).
resiniferus - res-in-nif-er-us: produc-
ing resin.
resinosus-res-in-noh-sus: having resin
(resinous).
reticulatus - ret-ik-yew-lay-tus: netted,
net-veined (reticulate).
retortus-ret-tort-us: twisted back.
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retroflexus-ret-roh-flex-us: bent back-
ward.
retusus - ret - tew - sus: notched (at
apex).
reversus-rev-vers-us: reversed.
revolutus - rev-ol-yew-tus: rolled back
(revolute).
rex: the king.
rhamnifolius - ram-nif-foh-lee-us: with
leaves like the buckthorn (rham-
nus).
rhizophyllus - rye-zoh-fil-us: root-
leaved (stemless).
rbamnoides - ram-woy-deez: buck-
thorn-like.
rhodanthus - roh-danth-us: rose-flow-
ered
rhodocinctus - roh-doh-sink-tus: red-
girdled.
rhodoneurus - roh-doh-new-rus: red-
veined.
rhombifolius-rom-bif-foh-lee-us: with
rhomboid leaves.
rhomboideus - rom-boy-dee-us: rhom-
boidal (quadrilateral with only oppo-
site sides and angles equal).
rigens-rye-jenz: stiff, rigid.
rigidulus - rij-jid-yew-lus: somewhat
stiff.
rigidus-rij-id-us: stiff.
ringens-rin-jens: gaping (ringent).
riparius - rip-pay-ree-us: of river
banks.
rivalis-riv-vay-liss: of brooks.
rivularis-riv-yew-lay-riss: growing by
brooks.
robustus-roh-bust-us: sturdy, stout.
rosaceus-roh-jay-see-us: rose-like.
robustispinus - roh-bus-tiss-pye-nus:
stout-spined.
rosaeflorus - roh-see-floh-rus: rose-
flowered.
roseus-roh-see-us: rosy (color).
rostratus - ross-tray-tus: beaked (ros-
trate).
rosularis-roh-sew-lay-riss: in rosettes.
rotatus - roh-tay-tus: disk-like flower
limb or corolla (rotate).
rotundifolius - roh-tun-dif-foh-lee-us:
round leaved.
rotundus-roh-tund-us: round.
rubellus-roo-bell-us: reddish.
rubens-roo-bens: red or ruddy.
ruber-roo-ber: red.
ruberrimus-roo-behr-im-us: very red.
rubescens -roo-bess-ens: reddish, be-
coming red.
rubicundus - roo - bik - und - us: red,
ruddy.
rubiginosus - roo-bij-in-noh-sus: rusty
(color).
rubricaulis - roo-brik-kaw-liss: red-
stemmed.
rubrifolius - roo-brif-foh-lee-us: red-
leaved.
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