Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Blitum capitatum in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 4.
today: The current name for this species is Chenopodium capitatum (L.) Ach.
original Latin description
Blitum capitellis spicatis terminalibus.
English translation
Blitum with small heads [that are] spicate [and] terminal.
| Blitum | Blitum |
| with small heads | capitellis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun capitellum, -i |
| [that are] | added for smoother reading |
| spicate, | spicatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective spicatus, -a, -um; modifies capitellis |
| [and] | added for smoother reading |
| terminal. | terminalibus - ablative plural neuter of group B adjective terminalis, -is, -e; modifies capitellis |