Aster divaricatus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 873. 1753.

"Habitat in Virginia." RCN: 6319.

Lectotype (Lamboy & Jones in Brittonia 39: 290. 1987): Herb. Linn. No. 997.19 (LINN) .

Current name: Aster divaricatus L. ( Asteraceae).

Note: Although Gray (in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 164. 1882) stated that this was “founded...on” material in LINN, this wording is not accepted as effecting typification.