A genus of small flowering plants, particularly salt-marsh plants of the primrose family, with pale pink or white flowers.
From Latin glaux, derived from Greek glaukos 'bluish-grey.' The plant genus name references the pale or greyish-green color of the plant's leaves or flowers.
Scientists named this little marsh plant 'glaux' thinking of its blue-grey color, but it actually has sweet pink flowers—showing how sometimes the scientific name tells you about one feature while the plant surprises you with another.
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