Claytonia virginica Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 204. 1753.

"Habitat in Virginia." RCN: 1650.

Lectotype (Lewis & al. in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 54: 168. 1967): Kalm, Herb. Linn. No. 285.1 (LINN; iso- UPS) .

Generitype of Claytonia Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 135. 1929).

Current name: Claytonia virginica L. ( Portulacaceae).