Centaurea conifera Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 915. 1753.

"Habitat Monspelii in saxosis glareosis." RCN: 6613.

Lectotype (Jeanmonod & al. in Jeanmonod, Compl. Prodr. Fl. Corse, Asteraceae II: 209. 2004): Herb. Linn. No. 1030.43 (LINN) .

Current name: Rhaponticum coniferum (L.) Greuter ( Asteraceae).