Linum tenuifolium Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 278. 1753.

"Habitat in Galliae, Helvetiae aridis herbosis." RCN: 2209.

Lectotype (Nicholls in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 91: 480. 1986 [1985]): Herb. Linn. No. 396.12 (LINN) .

Current name: Linum tenuifolium L. ( Linaceae).