Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Hypericum androsaemum in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 784.
today: The current name for this species is Hypericum androsaemum L.
original Latin description
Hypericum floribus trigynis, fructu baccato, caule fruticoso ancipiti.
English translation
Hypricum with flowers with three styles; with fruit berry-like; [and] with a stem shrubby [and] two-edged.
| Hypericum | Hypericum |
| with flowers | floribus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun flos, floris |
| with three styles; | trigynis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective trigynus, -a, -um; modifies floribus |
| with fruit | fructu - ablative singular of fourth declension masculine noun fructus, fructu |
| berry-like; | baccato - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective baccatus, -a, -um; modifies fructu |
| [and] | added for smoother reading |
| with a stem | caule - ablative singular of third declension masculine noun caulis, caulis |
| shrubby | fruticoso - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective fruticosus, -a, -um; modifies caule |
| [and] | added for smoother reading |
| two-edged. | ancipiti - ablative singular masculine of group B adjective anceps, anceps, anceps; modifies caule |