Onosma orientalis (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 196. 1762.

"Habitat in Oriente." RCN: 1104.

Basionym: Cerinthe orientalis L. (1755) .

Lectotype (Edmondson in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 53: 801. 2004): Herb. Hasselquist No. 137 (UPS) .

Current name: Onosma orientalis (L.) L. ( Boraginaceae).