Centaurea alpina Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 910. 1753.

"Habitat in Baldo." RCN: 6582.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Clifford: 421, Centaurea 6 (BM) ; [icon] in Bauhin, Prodr. Theatri Bot.: 56. 1620; [icon] in Cornut, Canad. Pl. Hist.: 69, 70. 1635; [icon] in Morison, Pl. Hist. Univ. 3: 132, s. 7, t. 25, f. 5. 1699.

Current name: Centaurea alpina L. ( Asteraceae).