Salvia verbenaca

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Salvia verbenaca L.

Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Salvia pyrenaica in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 25.
today: The current name for this species is Salvia verbenaca L.

original Latin diagnosis
Salvia foliis obtusis erosis, staminibus corolla duplo longioribus.

English translation
Salvia with leaf blades obtuse [and] erose; [and] with stamens than the corolla two times longer.

English translation with commentary

Salvia Salvia

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

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

[and] [added for smoother reading]

erose; erosis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective erosus, -a, -um; modifies foliis

[and] [added for smoother reading]

with the stamens staminibus - ablative plural of third declension neuter noun stamen, staminis

than the corolla corolla - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun corolla, -ae; object of longioribus

two times duplo - adverb; modifies longioribus

longer. longioribus - ablative plural neuter of comparative degree of group A adjective longus, -a, -um; agrees with staminibus

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Salvia	Salvia
with leaf blades	foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, folii
obtuse	obtusis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective obtusus, -a. -um); modifies foliis
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
erose;	erosis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective erosus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
with the stamens	staminibus - ablative plural of third declension neuter noun stamen, staminis
than the corolla	corolla - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun corolla, -ae; object of longioribus
two times	duplo - adverb; modifies longioribus
longer.	longioribus - ablative plural neuter of comparative degree of group A adjective longus, -a, -um; agrees with staminibus