Helonias asphodeloides Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 485. 1762.

"Habitat in Pensylvania. Barthram." RCN: 2624.

Lectotype (designated here by Reveal): Bartram, Herb. Linn. No. 471.2 (LINN) .

Current name: Xerophyllum asphodeloides (L.) Nutt. ( Liliaceae / Melanthiaceae).