Phlox setacea Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 153. 1753.

"Habitat in Virginia." RCN: 1214.

Lectotype (Reveal & al. in Taxon 31: 735. 1982): [icon] " Lychnidaea Blattariae accedens Virginiana Camphoratae congeneris glabris foliis, flore ad summitatem ramulorum singulari " in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 98, f. 3. 1691; Almag. Bot.: 233. 1696. - Typotype: Herb. Sloane 90: 59 (BM-SL) .

Current name: Phlox subulata L. var. setacea (L.) Brand ( Polemoniaceae).