Eriophorum polystachion Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 52. 1753, nom. utique rej.

"Habitat in Europae uliginosis, turfosis." RCN: 440.

Lectotype (Novoselova in Bot. Zhurn. 79(11): 86. 1994): Herb. Linn. No. 72.2, middle specimen (LINN) .

Current name: Eriophorum angustifolium Roth ( Cyperaceae).