Cerastium vulgatum Linnaeus, Flora Suecica, ed. 2: 158. 1755, nom. utique rej.

"Habitat in areis, hortis & ruderatis, imprimis Scaniae." RCN: 3396.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 603.6? (LINN); [icon] in Vaillant, Bot. Paris.: 142, t. 30, f. 3. 1727; [icon] in Bauhin & Cherler, Hist. Pl. Univ. 3(2): 359. 1651.

Current name: Cerastium sp. ( Caryophyllaceae).