Agrostis rubra Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 62. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae arenosis subhumidis." RCN: 536.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 46 (LAPP); [icon] in Scheuchzer, Agrostographia: 148, t. 3, f. 11 C. 1719.

Current name: Agrostis mertensii Trin. ( Poaceae).

Note: This name has been widely treated as a nomen dubium (e.g. by Hitchcock in Bot. Gaz. 38: 141-143. 1904; Widén in Fl. Fennica 5: 54-56. 1971 and Rauschert in Feddes Repert. 88: 318. 1977). However, it has not been formally proposed for rejection.