Agrostis virginica Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 63. 1753.

"Habitat in Virginia." RCN: 545.

Lectotype (Hitchcock in Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 12: 119. 1908): Clayton 507, Herb. Linn. No. 84.30 (LINN; iso- BM, US) .

Current name: Sporobolus virginicus (L.) Kunth ( Poaceae).