Veronica pilosa Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 1663. 1763.

"Habitat in Austria." RCN: 85.

Lectotype (Martínez Ortega & al. in Taxon 50: 553. 2001): Herb. Burser XIV(1): 55 (UPS).

Current name: Veronica prostrata L. (Scrophulariaceae).

Note: Fischer (in Österr. Bot. Zeitschr. 122: 289. 1973) discussed the application of the name by a succession of authors but did not typify the name in the sense of Linnaeus.