Blaeria pusilla Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 121; Mantissa Plantarum: 39. 1767.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei. D. Schreber." RCN: 918.

Lectotype (designated here by Oliver): Schreber, Herb. Linn. No. 141.4 (LINN) .

Current name: Erica glabella Thunb. ( Ericaceae).