H
H
- haema-
- referring to blood (_Haemanthus_ = "blood flower") ("haematodes")
- hal-
- referring to salt ("halodendron" = "salt + tree")
- hamo-
- referring to a hook ("hamosus")
- haplo-
- referring to the number one ("haplophylla" = one-leaved")
- harp-
- referring to a sickle (shape) ("harpophyllus" = sickle -shaped leaf")
- hast-
- referring to a spear ("hastatum")
- hebe-
- pubescent ("hebecarpus" = "hairy-fruited")
- hedy-
- sweet, fragrant (_Hedycarya_ = "sweet nut")
- heli-
- referring to the sun (_Helianthus_ = "sun flower")
- helic-
- referring to a spiral, a coil ("helicoides")
- helvetic-
- referring to Switzerland ("helvetica")
- hemero-
- referring to a day (_Hemerocallis_ = "beautiful for a day")
- hemi-
- half ("hemisphaericus" = "half a sphere")
- hepat-
- referring to the liver (shape) ("hepaticus")
- hepta-
- referring to the number seven ("heptaphyllum" = "seven- leaved")
- herb-
- not woody (herbaceous) ("herbacea")
- hesper-
- referring to the evening or the west (_Hesperaloe_ = "Western Aloe")
- heter-
- variable, different, not-alike (_Heteranthera- = "having unlike anthers in the flowers")
- hexa-
- referring to the number six ("hexagonus" = "six-angled")
- hibern-
- referring to winter ("hibernalis") OR Ireland ("hibernicus")
- hipp-
- referring to a horse (_Hippocrepis_ = "horse-shoe")
- hirss- / hirt-
- referring to hair ("hirtellus" = "somewhat hairy") / ("hirsutum")
- hispid-
- referring to bristles ("hispidula")
- hort-
- referring to a garden (cultivated) ("hortensis" / "hortulanum")
- humil-
- low, dwarf ("humilis" / "humile")
- hyal-
- transparent, translucent ("hyalina")
- hyem- / hiem-
- referring to winter ("hyemalis")
- hydr-
- referring to water (_Hydrocotyle_ = "water cup")
- hyl-
- referring to wood (_Hylocereus_, a climbing, night- blooming cactus with eventual woody stems)
- hymen-
- referring to a membrane (_Hymenocallis_ = "beautiful membrane," referring to the membrane which connects the base of the anthers in this genus ofthe spider lily)
- hyo-
- referring to a hog/swine (_Hyophorbe_ = "swine food")
- hyper-
- above, far, extreme ("hyperborealis" = "of the far north")
- hypo-
- under, beneath ("hypophyllus" = under the leaf" / "hypoleuca" = "white beneath")
- hystr-
- bristly ("hystrix")
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