erinus

noun

any plant of the scrophulariaceous genus Erinus, native to S Africa and S Europe, esp E. alpinus, grown as a rock plant for its white, purple, or carmine flowers

Word Origin for erinus

New Latin, from Greek erinos, an unidentified plant

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