Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Monarda clinopodia in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 22.
today: The current name for this species is Monarda clinopodia L.
original Latin diagnosis
Monarda floribus capitatis, foliis laevibus serratis.
English translation
Monarda with flowers capitate [and] with leaf blades smooth [and] serrate.
| Monarda | Monarda |
| with flowers | floribus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun flos, floris |
| capitate | capitatis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective capitatus, -a, -um; modifies floribus |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, folii |
| smooth | leavibus - ablative plural neuter of group B adjective laevis, -is, -e; modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| serrate. | serratis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective serratus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |