Cnicus cernuus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 826. 1753.

"Habitat in Sibiria." RCN: 5982.

Lectotype (Iljin & Semidel in Bobrov & Czerepanov, Fl. U.R.S.S. 28: 41. 1963): [icon] " Carduus foliis ex cordato lanceolatis, margine serratis et spinosis, squamis calicum membranaceis, laceris, spinosis, capitulis nutantibus " in Gmelin, Fl. Sibirica 2: 47, t. 19. 1752.

Current name: Alfredia cernua (L.) Cass. ( Asteraceae).