Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Blitum virgatum in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 4.
today: The current name for this species is Chenopodium foliosum (Moench) Asch.
original Latin description
Blitum capitellis sparsis lateralibus.
English translation
Blitum with small heads [that are] sparse [and] lateral.
| Blitum | Blitum |
| with small heads | capitellis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun capitellum, -i |
| [that are] | added for smoother reading |
| sparse, | sparsis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective sparsus, -a, -um; modifies capitellis |
| [and] | added for smoother reading |
| lateral. | lateralibus - ablative plural neuter of group B adjective lateralis, -is, -e; modifies capitellis |