Salvia glutinosa

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Salvia glutinosa L.

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

original Latin diagnosis
Salvia foliis cordato-sagittatis serratis acutis.

English translation
Salvia with leaf blades cordate-sagittate, serrate, [and] acute.

English translation with commentary

Salvia Salvia

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

cordate-sagittate, - cordato- (combining form of group A adjective cordatus, -a, -um) + sagittatis (ablative plural neuter); modifies foliis

serrate, serratis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective serratus, -a, -um; modifies foliis

[and] [added for smoother reading]

acute. acutis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective acutus, -a, -um; modifies foliis

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Salvia	Salvia
with leaf blades	foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, folii
cordate-sagittate,	- cordato- (combining form of group A adjective cordatus, -a, -um) + sagittatis (ablative plural neuter); modifies foliis
serrate,	serratis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective serratus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
acute.	acutis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective acutus, -a, -um; modifies foliis