Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Veronica marilandica in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 14.
today: The current name for this species is Polypremum procumbens L.
original Latin description
Veronica floribus solitariis sessilibus, foliis linearibus, caulibus diffusis.
English translation
Veronica with flowers solitary [and] sessile; with leaves linear; with stems widely spreading.
| Veronica | Veronica |
| with flowers | floribus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun flos, floris |
| solitary | solitariis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective solitarius, -a, -um; modifies floribus |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| sessile; | sessilibus - ablative plural masculine of group B adjective sessilis, -is, -e; modifies floribus |
| with leaves | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| linear; | linearibus - ablative plural neuter of group B adjective linearis, -is, -e; modifies foliis |
| with stems | caulibus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun caulis, -is |
| widely spreading. | diffusis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective diffusus, -a, -um; modifies caulibus |