Dracocephalum virginianum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 594. 1753.

"Habitat in America septentrionali." RCN: 4314.

Lectotype (Cantino in Contr. Gray Herb. 211: 86. 1982): Herb. Linn. No. 746.1 (LINN) .

Current name: Physostegia virginiana (L.) Benth. ( Lamiaceae).

Note: Although Epling (in J. Bot. 67: 9. 1929) indicated Herb. Linn. No. 746.1 (LINN) as the standard specimen, this is not equivalent to a type statement (see Jarvis & al. in Taxon 50: 508. 2001).