Centaurea spinosa Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 912. 1753.

"Habitat in Creta." RCN: 6594.

Lectotype (Turland in Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 25: 146, f. 17. 1995): Herb. Clifford: 422, Centaurea 15 (BM-000647266) .

Current name: Centaurea spinosa L. subsp. spinosa ( Asteraceae).