Scabiosa cretica Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 100. 1753.

"Habitat in Creta & adjacentibus." RCN: 819.

Lectotype (Davis in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 21: 122. 1953): Herb. Clifford: 31, Scabiosa 10 (BM-000557761) .

Current name: Scabiosa cretica L. ( Dipsacaceae).