Species within a genus

Genus: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

ZYRPHELIS (G)
Plume Aster (Wf) Pluimastertjie (Le)
Family: ASTERACEAE

sur- = super-;
filum, = thread;
filare, = to thread.
(Surfle, is to embroider; to paint or wash (the face etc.) with a cosmetic = ‘purfle’:-
perfilare, =
(a) to purfle; to border; to decorate with an ornamental border;
(b) to give to leaves, flowers, etc. a border or edge of a particular kind; to ornament with such a border.
phelex,= deceiver, name of a wild-fig, which seems ripe when it is not.

Name origin not clear. (but Le adds description: ‘fruits with thread-like hairs, pappus of ray and disc florets similarly plumose’)
(Possible misspelling of Zephyr**, the mythological god of the West wind and lover of Flora)

(Ox, LS, Le, Cl)

Zyrphelis corymbosa (G)
Blue Daisy(Vo)
Location: (F)

corymbos, = a cluster of the ivy flower; generally, a cluster of fruit or flowers;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
(LS, BL)

Zyrphelis foliosa (La)

Location: (F, K, P)

folium, = a leaf;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
(ld, BL)

Zyrphelis microcephala subsp. microcephala (G, La)

Location: (F, K)

mikros, = little, small; petty, mean, trivial insignificant;
cephale, = head;
-alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with.
(LS, BL)

Zyrphelis taxifolia (La)

Location: (K)

taxa, = a kind of laurel;
taxus, = a yew, yew-tree; a javelin, made of the wood of the yew-tree;
folium, = a leaf.
(considered on account of its poisonous properties, as a tree of the infernal regions)
(ld)