Eriophorum virginicum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 52. 1753.

"Habitat in Virginia." RCN: 441.

Lectotype (Novoselova in Bot. Zhurn. 79(11): 83. 1994): Clayton 461, Herb. Linn. No. 72.3 (LINN; iso- BM) .

Current name: Eriophorum virginicum L. ( Cyperaceae).