ABSTRACT
Linnaeus ([1753] 1957) called these plants Veronica virginica, based on plants cultivated in Holland, Sweden, and herbarium specimens. Subsequently, Philipp Conrad Fabricius (1714-1774) created the generic name Veronicastrum in 1759. Nuttall did not realize that the herbs had a name and established the generic synonym Leptandra in 1818. Both the names Veronica virginica and Leptandra virginica were used in the older literature. It was not until 1917 that Oliver A. Farwell (1867-1944) created the name used today for this endemic North American species.
