Saxifraga petraea Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1027. 1759.

["Habitat in Alpibus Norvegicis, Pyrenaeis, Baldi."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 578 (1762). RCN: 3170.

Replaced synonym: Saxifraga tridactylites L. var. alpina L. (1753) .

Lectotype (Webb in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 95: 266. 1987): [icon] " Saxifraga alba petraea" in Clusius, Rar. Pl. Hist. 2: 337. 1601.

Current name: Saxifraga tridactylites L. var. alpina L. ( Saxifragaceae).