Cnicus pygmaeus (N.J. Jacquin) Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 1156. 1763.

"Habitat in Schneeberg Austriae." RCN: 5978.

Basionym: Carduus pygmaeus Jacq. (1762) .

Type not designated.

Current name: Saussurea pygmaea (Jacq.) Spreng. ( Asteraceae).