Verbena carolina Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 852. 1759.

["Habitat in America septentrionali."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 29 (1762). RCN: 162b.

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 2: 407, t. 301, f. 388. 1732.

Current name: Verbena carolina L. ( Verbenaceae).

Note: Moldenke (in Phytologia 8: 495. 1963) designated 35.17 (LINN) as the type but this was a post-1759 addition to the herbarium, and is not original material for the name.