Symphytum officinale Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 136. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae umbrosis subhumidis." RCN: 1099.

Lectotype (Gadella in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 71: 1063. 1984): Herb. Linn. No. 185.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Symphytum Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 128. 1929).

Current name: Symphytum officinale L. ( Boraginaceae).