Anagram of related genus Filago, which has a hairy pappus;
filum, fili-, = a thread;
-ago, = indicates resemblance or connection
(Le, Ws, BL)

ilex, = a kind of oak, the holm oak or great scarlet oak.
(Latin name for “Holm Oak”, the leaves of which are somewhat similar).
(ld, Le)

For Ferante Imperato (1550-1625).**
(Ch)

The blue dye indigo is derived from Latin indicus, Greek indikos, referring to India;
Indigofera tinctoria came from India.
indicus, = of India, Indian;
-icus, = indicates ‘belonging to’.

indicum, = indigo, a blue pigment for dyeing and painting;
fero, ferre, = to bear, carry, bring.
(Le, M, BL, ld)

inula, = a plant.
(A plant so called by Pliny and other Roman writers; identified by midiaeval herbalists with Elecampane, a corruption of Enula compana; compana, probably meaning ‘of the fields’. Horse-heal, Inula helenium (Linnæus adopted helenium as the specific name), with very large yellow radiate flowers, and bitter aromatic leaves and root, used as a tonic and stimulant.)
(Ws, Ox)

INULA (q.v.);
-oides, = like, resembling, having the form or nature of.

(Ws, BL)

ipos, = a strap;
ips, = bindweed;
(h)omoios, = like, resembling.
(LS, Le)

iskhuros, = stiff, firm, lasting, hard;
odon, ontos, odons, = a tooth.
(LS)

iskhuros, = stiff, firm, lasting, hard;
lepis, = a scale, husk, shell.
(scale (of fish, snake), flake)
(sheaths of plant)
(LS, BL, Le)

isos, = equal to, the same as, like;
lepis, = a scale, husk, shell.
(scale (of fish, snake), flake)
(LS, BL)

ita, = in this manner, in this wise, in such a way, so, thus; in the following manner;
sinus, = a bent surface (raised or depressed), a curve, fold, a hollow.
(recess, rounded inward curve between two projecting lobes, bay)

(ld, BL)

Ixia is a name in Greek and Latin for a plant also called CHAMELION (also meaning an inconstant or variable person), a kind of thistle yielding an acrid resin.
ixia, = name of a plant noted for its variability of colour.
Ixion**, was a Thessalian king, who ruled over the Lapiths.
ixos, = mistletoe, viscum, birdlime.
(viscous sap)
(Ox, M, PG, LS, Le)