Asclepias syriaca Linnaeus var. exaltata (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 313. 1762.

RCN: 1773.

Basionym: Asclepias exaltata L. (1753) .

Type not designated.

Original material: as basionym.

Current name: Asclepias exaltata L. ( Asclepiadaceae).