Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Dipsacales (35)
Family: Caprifoliaceae (22)(family description)
Genus: Cephalaria (3)
Epithet: flava (Sm.) Szabó (3)
Synonyms: Cephalaria glaberrima Contandr. & Quézel, Cephalaria graeca Roem. & Schult., Cephalaria tenuiloba Strid, Cephalaria virginea Janka
flava => pure yellow
glaberrima => very smooth, smoothest
graeca => from Greece (lat. spelling)
tenuiloba => with finely-divided or slender lobes
virginea => virginal, white