Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Boerhavia repens in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 3.
today: The current name for this species is Boerhavia repens L.
original Latin diagnosis
Boerhavia caule repente.
English translation
Boerhavia with stem creeping.
| Boerhavia | Boerhavia |
| with stem | caule - ablative singular of third declension masculine noun caulis, -is |
| creeping. | repente - ablative singular masculine of present active participle of third conjugation verb repo, -ere, -si, —; modifies caule |