Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Elymus hystrix in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 560 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Elymus hystrix L.
original Latin diagnosis
Elymus spiculis involucro destitutis.
English translation
Elymus with spikelets with an involucre [and] sparse.
| Elymus | Elymus |
| with spikelets | spiculis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun spicula, -ae; modifies Elvela |
| with an involucre | involucro - ablative singular of second declension neuter noun involucrum, -i |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| sparse. | destitutis - ablative plural feminine of perfect passive participle of third conjugation verb destituo, destituere, destitui, destitutum; modifies spiculis |