Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Pedicularis rostrata in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 607 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Pedicularis sp. L.
original Latin description
Pedicularis caule subramoso, corollis galea rostrato-acuminatis, calycibus subhirsutis.
English translation
Pedicularis with a stem somewhat branched, with corollas with a galea rostrate-acuminate, [and] with calyces somewhat hirsute.
| Pedicularis | Pedicularis |
| with a stem | caule - ablative singular of third declension masculine noun caulis, caulis |
| somewhat branched; | subramoso - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective subramosus, -a, -um; modifies caule |
| with corollas | corollis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun corolla, -ae |
| with a hood | galea - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun galea, -ae |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| rostrate-acuminate; | rostrato-acuminatis = rostrato- (combining form of group A adjective rostratus, -a, -um) + acuminatis (ablative plural feminine of group A adjective acuminatus, -a, -um); modifies corollis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with calyces | calycibus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun calyx, calycis |
| somewhat hirsute. | subhirsutis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective subhirsutus, -a, -um; modifies calycibus |