Heliotropium gnaphalodes Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 913. 1759.

["Habitat in Barbados, Jamaicae maritimis."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 188 (1762). RCN: 1062.

Lectotype (Howard, Fl. Lesser Antilles 6: 189. 1989): [icon] " Heliotropium Gnaphaloides litoreum, fruticescens, Americanum " in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 193, f. 5. 1692; Almag. Bot.: 182. 1696.

Current name: Heliotropium gnaphalodes L. ( Boraginaceae).