Astragalus alopecuroides

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Astragalus alopecuroides L.

Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Astragalus alopecuroides in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 755 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
today: The current name for this species is Astragalus alopecuroides L.

original Latin description
Astragalus caulescens, spicis cylindricis subsessilibus, calycibus leguminibusque lanatis.

English translation
Astragalus growing with a stem; with spikes cylindric [and] nearly sessile; [and] with calyces and with legumes woolly.

English translation with commentary

Astragalus Astragalus

growing with a stem; caulescens - nominative singular masculine of present active participal of third conjgation verb caulesco, caulescere, — —; modifies Astragalus

with spikes spicis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun spica, -ae

cylindric cylindricis - ablative plural feminine of group A adjective cylindricus, -a, -um; modifies spicis

[and] [added for smoother reading]

nearly sessile; subsessilibus - ablative plural feminine of group B adjective subsessilis, -is, -e; modifies spicis

[and] [added for smoother reading]

with calyces calycibus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun calyx, calycis

and with legumes leguminibusque - ablative plural of third declension neuter noun legumen, leguminis + -que (and)

woolly. lanatis - ablative plural (masculine/neuter) of group A adjective lanatus, -a, -um; modifies calycibus and leguminibus

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Astragalus	Astragalus
growing with a stem;	caulescens - nominative singular masculine of present active participal of third conjgation verb caulesco, caulescere, — —; modifies Astragalus
with spikes	spicis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun spica, -ae
cylindric	cylindricis - ablative plural feminine of group A adjective cylindricus, -a, -um; modifies spicis
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
nearly sessile;	subsessilibus - ablative plural feminine of group B adjective subsessilis, -is, -e; modifies spicis
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
with calyces	calycibus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun calyx, calycis
and with legumes	leguminibusque - ablative plural of third declension neuter noun legumen, leguminis + -que (and)
woolly.	lanatis - ablative plural (masculine/neuter) of group A adjective lanatus, -a, -um; modifies calycibus and leguminibus