Colutea herbacea Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 723. 1753.

"Habitat in Africa." RCN: 5459.

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Commelin, Hort. Med. Amstelod. Pl. Rar. 2: 87, t. 44. 1701.

Current name: Lessertia herbacea (L.) Druce ( Fabaceae: Faboideae).

Note: Wijnands (Bot. Commelins: 164. 1983) regarded 914.8 (LINN) as a possible future lectotype (although it does not, in fact, appear to be original material for the name).