Vaccinium hispidulum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 352. 1753.

"Habitat in Virginiae paludosis." RCN: 2711.

Lectotype (Vander Kloet in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 51: 753. 2003 [2002]): Kalm, Herb. Linn. No. 497.20 (LINN) .

Current name: Gaultheria hispidula (L.) Muhl. ( Ericaceae).