Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Iris spuria in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 39.
today: The current name for this species is Iris spuria L.
original Latin diagnosis
Iris corollis imberbibus, germinibus sexangularibus, caule tereti, foliis sublinearibus.
English translation
Iris with corollas beardless; with ovaries six-angled; with stem terete; [and] with leaf blades sublinear.
| Iris | Iris |
| with corollas | corollis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun corolla, -ae |
| beardless; | imberbibus - ablative plural feminine of group B adjective imberbis, -is, -e; modifies corollis |
| with ovaries | germinibus - ablative plural of third declension neuter noun germen, germinis |
| six-angled; | sexangularibus - ablative plural neuter of group B adjective sexangularis, -is, -e; modifies germinibus |
| with stem | caule - ablative singular of third declension masculine noun caulis, caulis |
| terete; | tereti - ablative singular of group B adjective teres, teres, tere; modifies caule |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| sublinear. | sublinearibus - ablative plural neuter of group B adjective sublinearis, -is, -e; modifies foliis |