Hesperis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae. Most are native to Eurasia, with several endemic to Greece & Turkey. Many plants of this genus bear showy, fragrant flowers in shades of purple and white. One of the more widely known species is the common garden flower Hesperis matronalis. The genus name Hesperis was probably given because the scent of the flowers becomes more conspicuous towards evening (Hespera is the Greek word for evening).[1]
Classical literature source for the plant Hesperis:
Pliny, Natural History 21. 18 ff (trans. Bostock & Riley) (Roman historian C1st AD)
References
^Britton, N. F.; Brown, Addison (1970). An illustrated flora of the northern United States and Canada: from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. New York: Dover Publications. pp. 175. ISBN978-0-486-22643-9.
^Duran, A., et al. (2008). Chromosome numbers in the (sic) some taxa of Hesperis L. (Brassicaceae) from Turkey.[dead link]Intl J Nat Eng Sci 2:1 53-56.
^. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
^Turkish Plants Species List October 3, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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