Geranium fuscum Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 455; Mantissa Plantarum: 97. 1767.

"Habitat in Europa Australi." RCN: 4976.

Lectotype (Aedo in Syst. Bot. Monogr. 49: 72. 1996): Herb. Linn. No. 858.58 (LINN) .

Current name: Geranium phaeum L. ( Geraniaceae).