Saponaria vaccaria Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 409. 1753.

"Habitat inter segetes Galliae, Germaniae." RCN: 3196.

Lectotype (Burtt & Lewis in Kew Bull. 7: 342. 1952): Herb. Clifford: 166, Saponaria 2 (BM-000628472) .

Current name: Vaccaria hispanica (Mill.) Rauschert var vaccaria (L.) Greuter ( Caryophyllaceae).