Verbena urticifolia Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 20. 1753.

"Habitat in Virginiae, Canadae aridis." RCN: 163.

Lectotype ( Méndez Santos & Cafferty in Taxon 50: 1140. 2002 [2001]): Herb. Linn. No. 35.13 (LINN) .

Current name: Verbena urticifolia L. ( Verbenaceae).