Heliotropium orientale Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 131. 1753.

"Habitat in Asia." RCN: 1061.

Lectotype (Johnston in Contr. Gray Herb. 81: 80. 1928): Steller?, Herb. Linn. No. 179.12 (LINN) .

Current name: Plagiobothrys orientalis (L.) I.M. Johnst. ( Boraginaceae).