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Salvia ceratophylla L.

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


original Latin description
Salvia foliis rugosis pinnatifidis lanatis.

English translation
Salvia with leaf blades rugose, pinnatifid, [and] woolly.


English translation with commentary
Salvia Salvia
with leaf blades foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, folii
rugose, rugosis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective rugosus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
pinnatifid, 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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