Salvia canariensis

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Salvia canariensis L.

Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Salvia canariensis in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 26.
today: The current name for this species is Salvia canariensis L.

original Latin diagnosis
Salvia foliis hastato-triangularibus oblongis crenatis obtusis.

English translation
Salvia with leaf blades hastate-triangular, oblong, crenate, [and] obtuse.

English translation with commentary

Salvia Salvia

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

hastate-triangular, hastato-triangularibus - hastato- (combining form of group A adjective hastatus, -a, -um) + triangularibus (ablative plural neuter of group B adjective triangularis, -is, -e); modifies foliis

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

crenate, crenatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective crenatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis

[and] [added for smoother reading]

obtuse. obtusis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective obtusus, -a, -um; modifies foliis

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Salvia	Salvia
with leaf blades	foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, folii
hastate-triangular,	hastato-triangularibus - hastato- (combining form of group A adjective hastatus, -a, -um) + triangularibus (ablative plural neuter of group B adjective triangularis, -is, -e); modifies foliis
oblong,	oblongis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective oblongus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
crenate,	crenatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective crenatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
obtuse.	obtusis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective obtusus, -a, -um; modifies foliis