Time

You may wish to express time, e.g. the time when a flower opens or the fruit matures, or the season of flowering. To express a time at which something happens (date, time of day, season etc.), we use the ablative, e.g. hieme (in winter), nocte (at night). The time within which something happens is also shown by the ablative:

semina mensibus duobus [2] maturescentia seed ripening within 2 months.

And the time during which something happens is shown by the accusative:

planta annos quinque [5] vivens plant living for 5 years.

Some useful expressions are:

in alabastro in bud

in maturitate at maturity

in juventute in youth, at a young state

ad anthesin/anthesem at flowering time

post anthesin/anthesem after the flower opens.

Habitat (Stearn pp. 197–200)

A plant’s habitat is usually included in a Latin description only if it is significant in distinguishing the taxon from a closely related one, e.g. growing on dry hills in contrast to one that grows in swamps. The common relevant verbs are:

habitat it lives

crescit it grows

occurrit it occurs

incolit it inhabits.