Ballota alba Linnaeus, Flora Suecica, ed. 2: 206. 1755.

"Habitat in Scania ad pagos." RCN: 4248.

Lectotype (Davis in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 21: 62. 1952): Herb. Linn. No. 737.2 (LINN) .

Current name: Ballota nigra L. subsp. foetida (Vis.) Hayek ( Lamiaceae).

Note: Ballota alba was erroneously listed as the generitype by Jarvis & al. (Regnum Veg. 127: 23. 1993).

See discussion by Patzek (in Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 62: 57-58. 1958).