Polemonium nyctelea (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 231. 1762.

"Habitat in Virginia." RCN: 1169.

Basionym: Ipomoea nyctelea L. (1753) .

Lectotype (Reveal in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 45. 1993): Herb. Linn. No. 206.1 (LINN) .

Current name: Ellisia nyctelea (L.) L. ( Hydrophyllaceae).