Andromeda caerulea Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 393. 1753.

"Habitat in Lapponiae Alpibus." RCN: 3095.

Lectotype (Jonsell in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 51: 752. 2003 [2002]): Herb. Linn. No. 563.3 (LINN) .

Current name: Phyllodoce caerulea (L.) Babc. ( Ericaceae).