Centaurea aspera Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 916. 1753.

"Habitat Monspelii, inque Hetruria, Lusitania." RCN: 6620.

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Bauhin & Cherler, Hist. Pl. Univ. 3(1): 33. 1651.

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