Scutellaria peregrina Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 599. 1753.

"Habitat in nemoribus Florentiae, Liburni." RCN: 4357.

Lectotype (Siddiqi in Jafri & El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 118: 65. 1985): Herb. Linn. No. 751.13 (LINN) .

Current name: Scutellaria peregrina L. ( Lamiaceae).

Note: Although treated as a nomen ambiguum by Caruel (in Parlatore, Fl. Ital. 6: 332. 1889), Rechinger (in Bot. Archiv. 43: 21-22. 1941) and Greuter (in Boissiera 13: 114. 1967), the name has subsequently been typified and is in use.