Geranium maculatum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 681. 1753.

"Habitat in Carolina, Virginia, Sibiria." RCN: 4984.

Lectotype (Aedo in Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 59: 10. 2001): [icon] " Geranium batrachioides Amer, maculatum, floribus obsolete caeruleis " in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 1: 158, t. 132, f. 159. 1732. - Epitype (Aedo in Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 59: 10. 2001): U.S.A. Georgia, Union County, Chatahoochee National Forest, 9/5/82, Utrech &al. 82-030 (BM).

Current name: Geranium maculatum L. ( Geraniaceae).