Carlina racemosa Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 829. 1753.

"Habitat in Hispaniae desertis." RCN: 5996.

Lectotype (Petit in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 9: 418. 1988 [1987]): Löfling s.n., Herb. Linn. No. 970.7 (LINN) .

Current name: Carlina racemosa L. ( Asteraceae).