melas, = black, dark, gloomy, dusky, murky;
melasma, = black spot, black dye; to blacken.
(plants turn black upon drying) (LS, Le)
Melasma scabrum var. scabrum (La) Eternal Love, Love Flower (Vo) Witches Foxglove (Wf) Location: (F, P)
scaber, scabrum, = rough, scurfy, scabrous; scabby, mangy, itchy.
(scabrous, i.e. rough or gritty to the touch on account of numerous minute projections) (ld, BL)