Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Claytonia virginica in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 204 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Claytonia virginica L.
original Latin diagnosis
Claytonia foliis linearibuus.
English translation
Claytonia with leaf blades linear.
| Claytonia | Claytonia |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| linear. | linearibus - ablative plural neuter of group B adjective linearis, -is, -e; modifies foliis |