Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Pinguicula villosa in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 17.
today: The current name for this species is Pinguicula villosa L.
original Latin description
Pinguicula scapo villoso.
English translation
Pinguicula with a scape villous.
| Pinguicula | Pinguicula |
| with a scape | scapo - ablative singular of second declension masculine noun scapus, -i |
| villous. | villoso - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective villosus, -a, -um; modifies scapo |