smallflowered

Smallflowered is a descriptive term used in botany and horticulture to indicate that a plant bears small flowers compared with related taxa. It is not a formal taxonomic name but a descriptive adjective that can appear in species descriptions or common names. The concept is often encoded in Latin epithets such as parviflora or parviflorus, derived from parvus (small) and flos (flower).

In practice, smallflowered plants may have flowers that are decreased in size due to evolutionary or ecological factors such as pollination strategy, resource allocation, or habitat conditions. The trait can be used in keys and floristic notes to differentiate groups within a genus or species.

Examples include Cardamine parviflora, commonly known as small-flowered bittercress, and other species where the epithet parviflora or parviflorus appears. In horticulture, the term may appear in nursery descriptions to indicate cultivars or forms with diminutive blossoms, though it is not a regulated term and should be interpreted in context with size comparisons to related plants.