Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Thlaspi saxatile in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 646.
today: The current name for this species is Aethionema saxatile (L.) R. Br.
original Latin diagnosis
Thlaspi siliculis ellipticis, foliis lanceolato-linearibus integerrimis.
English translation
Thlaspi with silicules elliptic; [and] with leaf blades lanceolate-linear [and] entire.
| Thlaspi | Thlaspi |
| with silicules | siliculis - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun silicula, -ae |
| elliptic; | ellipticis - ablative plural feminine of group A adjective ellipticus, -a, -um; modifies siliculis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| lanceolate-linear | lanceolato-linearibus - lanceolato- (combining form of group A adjective lanceolatus, -a, -um) + linearibus (ablative plural neuter of group B adjective linearis, -is, -e); modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| entire. | integerrimis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective integerrimus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |