Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Globularia spinosa in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 96 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Globularia spinosa L.
original Latin diagnosis
Globularia foliis radicalibus crenato-aculeatis, caulinis integerrimis mucronatis.
English translation
Globularia with (blades of) basal leaves crenate-aculeate; [and] with (blades of) cauline (leaves) entire and mucronate.
| Globularia | Globularia |
| with (blades of) basal | radicalibus - ablative plural neuter of group B adjective radicalis, -is, -e; modifies foliis |
| leaves | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| crenate-aculeate; | crenato-aculeatis - = crenato- (combining form of group A adjective crenatus, -a, -um) + aculeatis (ablative plural neuter of group A adjective aculeatus, -a, -um); modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with (blades of) cauline (leaves) | caulinus - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective caulinus, -a, -um; used substantively |
| entire | integerrimis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective integerrimus, -a, -um; agrees with caulinis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| mucronate. | mucronatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective mucronatus, -a, -um; agrees with caulinis |