sentences:  English botanist Richard Salisbury described this species in 1796 as "Protea anethifolia", from a specimen collected in Port Jackson (Sydney).The species name is derived from the Latin words "anethum" "dill" and "folium" "leaf", from the resemblance of its leaves to those of the herb.The common name is variously written as "narrowleaf-", "narrow-leaf-", or "narrow-leafed drumsticks".