Medicago virginica Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 778. 1753.

"Habitat in Virginia." RCN: 5713.

Lectotype (Britton in Trans. New York Acad. Sci. 12: 65. 1893): Clayton 191 (BM).

Current name: Lespedeza virginica (L.) Britton ( Fabaceae: Faboideae).