Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Monarda ciliata in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 23.
today: The current name for this species is Blephilia ciliata (L.) Raf.
original Latin diagnosis
Monarda floribus verticillatis, corollis involucro longioribus.
English translation
Monarda with flowers whorled [and] with corollas than the involucre longer.
| Monarda | Monarda |
| with flowers | floribus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun flos, floris |
| whorled | verticillatis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective verticillatus, -a, -um; modifies floribus |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with corollas | corollis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun corolla, -ae |
| than the involucre | involucro - ablative singular of second declension neuter noun involucrum, -i; object of longioribus |
| longer. | longioribus - ablative plural feminine of comparative degree of group A adjective longus, -a, -um; agrees with corollis |