Pulmonaria virginica Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 135. 1753.

"Habitat in Virginia." RCN: 1094.

Lectotype (Williams in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 24: 74. 1937): Kalm, Herb. Linn. No. 184.5 (LINN) .

Current name: Mertensia virginica (L.) Pers. ex Link ( Boraginaceae).

Note: For a review of the history of the competing use of M. virginica (L.) Pers. ex Link and M. pulmonarioides Roth, see Pringle (in Sida 21:771-775.2004).