Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Pulmonaria angustifolia in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 135 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Pulmonaria angustifolia L.
original Latin diagnosis
Pulmonaria foliis radicalibus lanceolatis.
English translation
Pulmonaria with leaf blades arising from the root [and] lanceolate.
| Pulmonaria | Pulmonaria |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| arising from the root | radicalibus - ablative plural neuter of group B adjective radicalis, -is, -e; modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| lanceolate. | lanceolatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective lanceolatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |