Hedysarum repens Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 749. 1753.

"Habitat in Virginia." RCN: 5524.

Lectotype (Britton in Trans. New York Acad. Sci. 12: 60. 1893): Clayton 85 (BM-000051143).

Current name: Lespedeza repens (L.) W.P.C. Barton ( Fabaceae: Faboideae).