Chenopodium scoparia Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 221. 1753.

"Habitat in Graecia, Japonia." RCN: 1813.

Lectotype (Jafri & Rateeb in Jafri & El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 58: 26. 1978): Herb. Linn. No. 313.20 (LINN) .

Current name: Bassia scoparia (L.) A.J. Scott ( Chenopodiaceae).