Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Lycopus europaeus in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 21.
today: The current name for this species is Lycopus europaeus L.
original Latin diagnosis
Lycopus foliis sinuato-serratis.
English translation
Lycopus with leaf blades sinuous-serrate.
| Lycopus | Lycopus |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folius, folii |
| sinuous-serrate. | sinuato-serratis - sinuato- (combining form of group A adjective sinuatus, -a, -um) + serratis (ablative plural neuter of group A adjective serratus, -a, -um); modifies foliis |