Centaurea rupestris Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 1298. 1763.

"Habitat in Italia." RCN: 6630.

Lectotype (designated here by Baldini): [icon] "Iacea montana lutea minima tenuifolia" in Colonna, Ekphr.: 35. 1606.

Current name: Centaurea rupestris L. ( Asteraceae).