Salvia aethiopis

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Salvia aethiopis L.

Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Salvia aethiopis in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 27.
today: The current name for this species is Salvia aethiopis L.

original Latin description
Salvia foliis oblongis dentato-angulatis hirsutis, verticillis lanatis, corollarum labio saccato.

English translation
Salvia with leaves oblong, dentate-angular, [and] hirsute; with verticils woolly; [and] of the corollas with a lip saccate.

English translation with commentary

Salvia Salvia

with leaves, foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, folii

oblong, oblongis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective oblongus, -a, -um; modifies foliis

dentate-angulatis, pinnatifidis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective pinnatifidus, -a, -um; modifies foliis

[and] [added for smoother reading]

woolly. lanatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective lanatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis

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Salvia	Salvia
with leaves,	foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, folii
oblong,	oblongis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective oblongus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
dentate-angulatis,	pinnatifidis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective pinnatifidus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
woolly.	lanatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective lanatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis