Lithospermum tinctorium Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 132. 1753.

"Habitat in Oriente, Monspelii." RCN: 1078.

Basionym of: Anchusa tinctoria (L.) L. (1762) .

Lectotype (Selvi & al. in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 53: 802. 2004): [icon] " Anchusa monspeliana" in Bauhin & Cherler, Hist. Pl. Univ. 3(2): 584. 1651. - Epitype (Selvi in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 53: 802. 2004): France. Montpellier, May 1861, G. Watson-Taylor 465 (FI).

Current name: Alkanna matthioli Tausch ( Boraginaceae).