Lithospermum fruticosum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 133. 1753.
"Habitat in Gallia, Samo & Europa australi." RCN: 1073.
Lectotype (Turland in Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 25: 138, f. 11. 1995): Herb. Linn. No. 181.9 (LINN) .
Current name: Lithodora fruticosa (L.) Griseb. ( Boraginaceae).