Anchusa virginiana Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 133. 1753.

"Habitat in Virginia." RCN: 1079.

Lectotype (Reveal in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 53: 800. 2004): Clayton 304 (BM-000040285; iso- BM).

Current name: Lithospermum canescens (Michx.) Lehm. ( Boraginaceae).