Lachnanthes
noun
Lach·nan·thes
lakˈnan(t)(ˌ)thēz
: a genus of North American herbs (family Haemodoraceae) having leaves both clustered at the base and scattered on the stem and loosely woolly flowers in a compound cyme see redroot
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek lachnos, lachnē soft woolly hair + New Latin -anthes; akin to Old Slavic vlasŭ hair; from the woolly flowers