Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Corispermum squarrosum in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 4.
today: The current name for this species is Agriophyllum squarrosum (L.) Moq.
original Latin description
Corispermum spicis squarrosis.
English translation
Corispermum with spikes squarrose.
| Corispermum | Corispermum |
| with spikes | spicis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun spica, -ae |
| squarrose. | squarrosis - ablative plural feminine of group A adjective squarrosus, -a, -um; modifies spicis |