Anchusa tinctoria (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1:192. 1762.

"Habitat monspelii." RCN: 1078.

Basionym: Lithospermum tinctorium L. (1753) .

Lectotype (Selvi & al. in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 53: 802. 2004): [icon] " Anchusa monspeliana" in Bauhin & Cherler, Hist. Pl. Univ. 3(2): 584. 1651. - Epitype (Selvi in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 53: 802. 2004): France. Montpellier, May 1861, G. Watson-Taylor 465 (FI).

Current name: Alkanna tuberculata (Forrsk.) Meikle ( Boraginaceae).