Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Gratiola peruviana in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 17.
today: The current name for this species is Gratiola peruviana L.
original Latin description
Gratiola floribus subsessilibus.
English translation
Gratola with flowers nearly sessile.
| Gratiola | Gratiola |
| with flowers | floribus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun flos, floris |
| nearly sessile. | subsessilibus - ablative plural masculine of group B adjective subsessilis, -is, -e; modifies floribus |