Geranium cicutarium Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 680. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae sterilibus cultis." RCN: 4963.

Lectotype (Venter & Verhoeven in S. African J. Bot. 56: 83. 1990): Herb. Linn. No. 858.43 (LINN) .

Current name: Erodium cicutarium (L.) L’Hér . ( Geraniaceae).