Lithospermum officinale Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 132. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae ruderatis." RCN: 1068.

Lectotype (Kazmi in J. Arnold Arbor. 52: 358. 1971): Herb. Linn. No. 181.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Lithospermum Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 127. 1929).

Current name: Lithospermum officinale L. ( Boraginaceae).