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Roots: H

haema-

referring to blood (Haemanthus = blood flower) (haematodes)

hal-

referring to salt (halodendron = salt + tree)

ham-

referring to a hook (hamosus)

haplo-

referring to the number one (haplophylla = one-leaved)

harp-

referring to a sickle (shape) (harpophyllus = sickle-shaped leaf)

hast-

referring to a spear (hastatum)

hebe-

pubescent (hebecarpus = hairy-fruited)

hedy-

sweet, fragrant (Hedycarya = sweet nut)

heli-

referring to the sun (Helianthus = sun flower)

helic-

referring to a spiral, a coil (helicoides)

helvetic-

referring to Switzerland (helvetica)

hemero-

referring to a day (Hemerocallis = beautiful for a day)

hemi-

half (hemisphaericus = half a sphere)

hepat-

referring to the liver (shape) (hepaticus)

hepta-

referring to the number seven (heptaphyllum = seven- leaved)

herb-

not woody (herbaceous) (herbacea)

hesper-

referring to the evening or the west (Hesperaloe = Western Aloe)

heter-

variable, different, not-alike (Heteranthera = having unlike anthers in the flowers)

hexa-

referring to the number six (hexagonus = six-angled)

hibern-

referring to winter (hibernalis) OR Ireland (hibernicus)

hipp-

referring to a horse (Hippocrepis = horse-shoe)

hirss- / hirt-

referring to hair (hirtellus = somewhat hairy) / (hirsutum)

hispid-

referring to bristles (hispidula)

hort-

referring to a garden (cultivated) (hortensis / hortulanum)

humil-

low, dwarf (humilis / humile)

hyal-

transparent, translucent (hyalina)

hyem- / hiem-

referring to winter (hyemalis)

hydr-

referring to water (Hydrocotyle = water cup)

hyl-

referring to wood (Hylocereus, a climbing, night- blooming cactus with eventual woody stems)

hymen-

referring to a membrane (Hymenocallis = beautiful membrane, referring to the membrane which connects the base of the anthers in this genus of the spider lily)

hyo-

referring to a hog/swine (Hyophorbe = swine food)

hyper-

above, far, extreme (hyperborealis = of the far north)

hypo-

under, beneath (hypophyllus = under the leaf / hypoleuca = white beneath)

hystr-

bristly (hystrix)