Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Corispermum hyssopifolium in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 4.
today: The current name for this species is Corispermum hyssopifolium L.
original Latin description
Corispermum floribus lateralibus.
English translation
Corispermum with flowers lateral.
| Corispermum | Corispermum |
| with flowers | floribus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun flos, floris |
| lateral. | lateralibus - ablative plural masculine of group B adjective lateralis, -is, -e; modifies floribus |