Scabiosa alpina Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 98. 1753.

"Habitat in alpibus Helveticis, Italicis." RCN: 797.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 120.1 (LINN); Herb. Burser XV(2): 12 (UPS); Herb. Clifford: 30, Scabiosa 3 (BM) ; [icon] in Besler, Hort. Eystett. aest.: ord. 9, fol. 8, f. 1. 1613.

Current name: Cephalaria alpina (L.) Roem. & Schult. ( Dipsacaceae).