Agrostemma githago Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 435. 1753.

"Habitat inter Europae segetes." RCN: 3384.

Lectotype (Ghafoor in Jafri & El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 59: 56. 1978): Herb. Linn. No. 601.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Agrostemma Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 156. 1929).

Current name: Agrostemma githago L. ( Caryophyllaceae).