Anemone virginiana Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 540. 1753.

"Habitat in Virginia." RCN: 4012.

Lectotype (Britton in Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 6: 223. 1891): Herb. Linn. No. 710.19 (LINN) .

Current name: Anemone virginiana L. ( Ranunculaceae).

Note: See discussion by Reveal & al. (in Bartonia 57: 31. 1992).