Thesium scabrum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 302. 1762.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei." RCN: 1696.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 292.13 (LINN); Herb. Linn. No. 292.12 (LINN) .

Current name: Thesium scabrum L. ( Santalaceae).