Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Iris verna in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 39.
today: The current name for this species is Iris verna L.
original Latin diagnosis
Iris corollis imberbibus, caule unifloro foliis breviore, radice fibrosa.
English translation
Iris with corollas beardless; with stem one-flowered [and] than the leaves shorter; [and] with the root fibrous.
| 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 stem | caule - ablative singular of third declension masculine noun caulis, caulis |
| one-flowered | unifloro - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective uniflorus, -a, -um; modifies caule |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| than the leaves | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| shorter; | breviore - ablative singular neuter of comparative degree of group B adjective brevis, -is, -e; agrees with caule |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with the root | radice - ablative singular of third declension feminine noun radix, radicis |
| fibrous. | fibrosa - ablative singular feminine of group A adjective fibrosus, -a, -um; modifies radice |