Geranium malacoides Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 680. 1753.

"Habitat in Italiae G. Narbonensis, Angliae maritimis." RCN: 4966.

Lectotype (Ghafoor in Jafri & El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 63: 22. 1978): Herb. Clifford: 344, Geranium 11 (BM-000646425) .

Current name: Erodium malacoides (L.) L’Hér . ( Geraniaceae).