Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Myosotis lappula in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 131 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Lappula squarrosa Retz.
original Latin diagnosis
Myosotis seminibus aculeis glochidibus, foliis lanceolats pilosis.
English translation
Myosotis with seeds with prickles [and] with barbs; [and] with leaf blades lanceolate [and] pilose.
| Myosotis | Myosotis |
| with seeds | seminibus - ablative plural of third declension neuter noun semen, seminis |
| with prickles | aculeis - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun aculeus, -i |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with barbs | glochidibus - ablative plural of third declension feminine noun glochin, glochidis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| lanceolate | lanceolatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective lanceolatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| pilose. | pilosis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective pilosus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |