Salvia ceratophylla

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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 leaves rugose, pinnatifid, [and] woolly.

English translation with commentary

Salvia Salvia

with leaves, 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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Salvia	Salvia
with leaves,	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