Serratula praealta Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 818. 1753.

"Habitat in Carolina, Virginia, Pensylvania." RCN: 5935.

Lectotype (Reveal & Turland in Jarvis & Turland in Taxon 47: 367. 1998): Kalm, Herb. Linn. No. 965.12 (LINN) .

Current name: Vernonia noveboracensis (L.) Michx. ( Asteraceae).