Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Nardus stricta in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 53.
today: The current name for this species is Nardus stricta L.
original Latin diagnosis
Nardus spica setacea recta.
English translation
Nardus with a spike setaceous [and] straight.
| Nardus | Nardus |
| with a spike | spica - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun spica, -ae |
| setaceous | setacea - ablative singular feminine of group A adjective setaceus, -a, -um; modifies spica |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| straight. | recta - ablative singular feminine of perfect passive participle of third conjugation verb rego, regere, rexi, rectum; modifies spica |