Carduus monspessulanus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 822. 1753.

"Habitat Monspelii." RCN: 5958.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Burser XXI: 19 (UPS); [icon] in Dodoëns, Stirp. Hist. Pempt., ed. 2: 737. 1616; [icon] in Bauhin & Cherler, Hist. Pl. Univ. 3(1): 44, 45. 1651.

Current name: Cirsium monspessulanum (L.) Hill subsp. monspessulanum ( Asteraceae).