Silene acaulis (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 603. 1762.

"Habitat in Alpibus Lapponicis, Austriacis, Helveticis, Pyrenaeis." RCN: 3272.

Basionym: Cucubalus acaulis L. (1753) .

Lectotype (Talavera & Muñoz Garmendia in Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 45: 445. 1989): Herb. Linn. No. 583.61, upper specimen (LINN) .

Current name: Silene acaulis (L.) Jacq. subsp. acaulis ( Caryophyllaceae).