Eriophorum alpinum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 53. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae alpibus, locisque affinibus." RCN: 443.

Lectotype (Simpson in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 53: 179. 2004): Herb. Linn. No. 72.4 (LINN) .

Current name: Scirpus hudsonianus (Michx.) Fernald ( Cyperaceae).