Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Myosotis apula in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 131 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Neatostema apulum (L.) I. M. Johnst.
original Latin diagnosis
Myosotis seminibus nudis, foliis hispidis, racemis foliosis.
English translation
Myosotis with seeds naked; with leaf blades hispid; [and] with racemes leafy.
| Myosotis | Myosotis |
| with seeds | seminibus - ablative plural of third declension neuter noun semen, seminis |
| naked; | nudis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective nudus, -a, -um; modifies seminibus>/i> |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| hispid; | hispidis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective hispidus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with racemes | racemis - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun racemus, -i |
| leafy. | foliosis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective foliosus, -a, -um; modifies racemis |