Aster miser Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 877. 1753.
"Habitat in America septentrionali." RCN: 6342.
Lectotype (Gray in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 168. 1882): [icon] " Aster ericoides, Meliloti agrariae umbone" in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 1: 39, t. 35, f. 39. 1732. - Typotype: Herb. Sherard No. 1780 (OXF) .
Current name: Aster dumosus L. ( Asteraceae).