Cucubalus mollissimus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 593. 1762.

"Habitat in Italiae maritimis." RCN: 3233.

Lectotype (Jeanmonod in Candollea 39: 228, f. 14. 1984): Herb. Linn. No. 582.20, right specimen (LINN) .

Current name: Silene mollissima (L.) Pers. ( Caryophyllaceae).