Arenaria serpyllifolia Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 423. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae sylvis glareosis." RCN: 3290.

Lectotype (Jonsell & Jarvis in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 21. 1993): Herb. Clifford: 173, Arenaria 2 (BM-000628541) .

Generitype of Arenaria Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 155. 1929).

Current name: Arenaria serpyllifolia L. subsp. serpyllifolia ( Caryophyllaceae).

Note: Jonsell & Jarvis (in Nordic J. Bot. 14: 156. 1994) discuss their formal (1993) typification in more detail.