Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Myosotis virginiana in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 131 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Cynoglossum virginianum L.
original Latin diagnosis
Myosotis seminibus aculeatis glochidibus, foliis ovato-oblongis, ramis divaricatis.
English translation
Myosotis with seeds prickly [and] with barbs; with leaf blades ovate-oblong; [and] with branches spread.
| Myosotis | Myosotis |
| with seeds | seminibus - ablative plural of third declension neuter noun semen, seminis |
| prickly | aculeatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective aculeatus, -a, -um; modifies seminibus>/i> |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with barbs; | glochidibus - ablative plural of third declension feminine noun glochin, glochidis |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| ovate-oblong; | ovato-oblongis - ovato- (combining form of group A adjective ovatus, -a, -um) + oblongis (ablative plural neuter of group A adjective oblongus, -a, -um); modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with branches | ramis - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun ramus, -i |
| spread. | divaricatis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective divaricatus, -a, -um; modifies ramis |