[1] Chaenostoma cordatum was first named in 1835 by Sir William Jackson Hooker.

[3] Chaenostoma cordatum lives predominately on the southern coast of South Africa,[4] where it had originated.

It grows annually in colder climates, but requires full sun to flower profusely.

A new cultivar of Bacopa, trademarked Bacopa 'Cabana®' in a collaboration between Nintendo of America and Syngenta Seed's Flower Brand, was the subject of a marketing campaign for the 2001 video game Pikmin.

While some claims reported Bacopa 'Cabana®' as an entirely new species or subspecies created by Nintendo, the plant is actually a selectively bred cultivar of the existing species, emphasizing specific traits for ornamental purposes.