Picris echioides Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 792. 1753.

"Habitat in Angliae, Galliae sylvis caeduis, aggeribus." RCN: 5802.

Lectotype (Lack in Taxon 24: 113. 1975): Herb. Linn. No. 948.1 (LINN) .

Current name: Helminthotheca echioides (L.) Holub ( Asteraceae).