Dracocephalum moldavica Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 595. 1753, typ. cons.

"Habitat in Moldavica." RCN: 4322.

Lectotype (Hedge in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 43. 1993): Herb. Clifford: 308, Dracocephalum 2, sheet 2 (BM-000646031) .

Generitype of Dracocephalum Linnaeus, nom. cons.

Current name: Dracocephalum moldavica L. ( Lamiaceae).

Note: Hedge (in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 27: 155. 1967) indicated 746.12 (LINN) as type, but this is a post-1753 addition to the herbarium and not original material for the name.