Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Lavatera trimestris in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 692.
today: The current name for this species is Lavatera trimestris L.
original Latin diagnosis
Lavatera foliis glabris, caule scabro herbaceo, pedunculis unifloris, fructibus orbiculo tectis.
English translation
Lavatera with leaves glabrous; with a stem scabrous [and] herbaceous; with peduncles one-flowered; [and] with fruits by a disk covered.
| Lavatera | Lavatera |
| with leaves | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| glabrous; | glabris - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective glaber, glabra, glabrum; modifies foliis |
| with a stem | caule - ablative singular of third declension masculine noun caulis, caulis |
| scabrous | scabro - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective scaber, scabra, scabrum; modifies caule |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| herbaceous; | herbaceo - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective herbaceus, -a, -um; modifies caule |
| with peduncles | pedunculis - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun pedunculus, -i |
| one-flowered; | unifloris - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective uniflorus, -a, -um; modifies pedunculis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with fruits | fructibus - ablative plural of fourth declension masculine noun fructus, fructusi |
| by a disk | orbiculo - ablative singular of second declension masculine noun orbiculus, -i |
| covered. | tectis - ablative plural masculine of perfect passive participle of third conjugation verb tego, tegere, texi, tectum; agrees with fructus |