Echium maculatum Linnaeus, Amoenitates Academicae 4: 478. 1759.

Lectotype (Hilger & Böhle in Taxon 49: 744. 2000): [icon] " Echium rubro flore " in Clusius, Rar. Pl. Hist. 2: 164. 1601.

Current name: Pontechium maculatum (L.) Böhle & Hilger ( Boraginaceae).