Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Trifolium uniflorum in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 771.
today: The current name for this species is Trifolium uniflorum L.
original Latin diagnosis
Trifolium acaule, pedunculis unifloris, floribus foliisque commixtis.
English translation
Trifolium stemless; with peduncles one-flowered, with flowers and leaves mixed together.
| Trifolium | Trifolium |
| stemless; | acaule - nominative singular of group B adjective acaulis, -is, -e; modifies Trifolium |
| with peduncles | pedunculis - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun pedunculus, -i |
| one-flowered; | unifloris - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective uniflorus, -a, -um; modifies pedunculis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with flowers | floribus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun flos, floris |
| and leaves | foliisque - foliis (ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i) + -que (and) |
| mixed together. | commixtis - ablative plural (masculine/neuter) of perfect participle of second conjugation verb commisceo, commiscere, commiscui, commixtum; modifies floribus and foliis |