Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Pulmonaria sibirica in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 135 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Mertensia sibirica (L.) G. Don
original Latin diagnosis
Pulmonaria calycibus abbreviatis, foliis radicalibus subcordatis.
English translation
Pulmonaria with calyces shortened [and] with leaf blades arising from the root [and] subcordate.
| Pulmonaria | Pulmonaria |
| with calyces | calycibus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun calyx, calycis |
| shortened | abbreviatis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective abbreviatus, -a, -um; modifies calycibus |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| 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] |
| subcordate. | subcordatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective subcordatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |