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FUIRENA
Family:
CYPERACEAE
For Jørgen Fuiren (1581-1628).**
(
Ch
)
Fuirena coerulescens
(
La
)
Location: (
F
)
coerula, = the sea, the blue surface of the sea;
caeruleum, = a blue colour, steel colour;
-escens, = indicates process of becoming, hence not fully achieved resemblance, often expressed by the termination ‘-ish’.
(
ld
,
BL
)
Fuirena hirsuta
(
La
)
Location: (
F
,
K
,
P
)
hirtus, hirsus, = rough, hairy, shaggy;
-utus, = indicates possession.
hirsutus, = rough, shaggy, bristly, prickly, hirsute.
(hirsute, covered with fairly coarse and stiff long erect or ascending straight hairs)
(
ld
,
BL
)