Saponaria cretica Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 584. 1762.

"Habitat in Cretae aridis." RCN: 3197.

Lectotype (Davis in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 22: 164. 1957): Herb. Linn. No. 580.4 (LINN) .

Current name: Petrorhagia cretica (L.) P.W. Ball & Heywood ( Caryophyllaceae).