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LYPERIA
(
G
)
Widow's-Phlox, Traanblommetjie (
Le
)
Family:
SCROPHULARIACEAE
lype, = grief, distress, suffering, sad plight;
luperos, = painful;
-ium, = ‘characteristic of’, hence indicates connection or resemblance.
(
LS
,
BL
)
Lyperia lychnidea
(
La
,
G
)
Location: (
F
)
licinus, lychnus, = a light, a lamp;
lukhnos, = a light, lamp;
-idus, = indicates a state or an action in progress.
(resembling LYCHNIS, a caryophyllaceus plant with woolly leaves and red flowers)
(
ld
,
LS
,
BL
,
K3
)
Lyperia tristis
(
La
)
Aandblom (
PS
)
Location: (
F
)
tristis,= sad, sorrowful, mournful, dejected, melancholy, disconsolate, trist; gloomy, melancholy, stern, harsh.
(sad, dull-coloured)
(
ld
,
BL
)
Lyperia violacea
(
La
)
Location: (
P
)
viola, = the violet, the stock-gillyflower; a violet colour, violet.
(
ld
)