Serratula amara Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 819. 1753.

"Habitat in Sibiria." RCN: 5940.

Type not designated.

Original material: Gmelin, Herb. Linn. No. 965.16 (LINN); [icon] in Gmelin, Fl. Sibirica 2: 72, t. 29. 1752.

Current name: Saussurea amara (L.) DC. ( Asteraceae).

Note: Lipshits (Rod Saussurea: 68. 1979) notes that a Gmelin specimen (in LE) is identifiable as Saussurea amara but does not treat it as the type.