Asclepias tuberosa Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 217. 1753.

"Habitat in America boreali." RCN: 1789.

Lectotype (Woodson in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 41: 74. 1954): Kalm, Herb. Linn. No. 310.41 (LINN; iso- UPS) .

Current name: Asclepias tuberosa L. ( Asclepiadaceae).