Verbascum spinosum Linnaeus, Centuria II Plantarum: 10. 1756.

"Habitat in Creta." RCN: 1415.

Lectotype (Turland in Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 25: 134, f. 7. 1995): [icon] " Leucoium Spinosum " in Alpino, Pl. Exot.: 37, 36. 1627. - Epitype (Turland in Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 25: 134, f. 8. 1995): Baldacci 241 (BM).

Current name: Verbascum spinosum L. ( Scrophulariaceae).