Campanula capensis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 169. 1753.

"Habitat ad Caput b. Spei." RCN: 1334.

Lectotype (Wijnands, Bot. Commelins: 62. 1983): [icon] " Campanula Afric. annua hirsuta latis serratisque foliis flor. violaceo" in Commelin, Hort. Med. Amstelod. Pl. Rar. 2: 69, t. 35. 1701.

Current name: Wahlenbergia capensis (L.) DC. ( Campanulaceae).