Stachys annua (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 813. 1763.

"Habitat in Germania, Helvetia, Gallia, ad agrorum margines." RCN: 4246.

Basionym: Betonica annua L. (1753) .

Lectotype (Nelson in Jarvis & al. in Taxon 50: 510. 2001): Herb. Clifford: 310, Stachys 7, sheet A “annua” (BM-000646054) .

Current name: Stachys annua (L.) L. ( Lamiaceae).