Astrantia major Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 235. 1753.
"Habitat in alpibus Helvetiae, Hetruriae, Pyrenaeis." RCN: 1908.
Lectotype (Reduron & Jarvis in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 22. 1993): Herb. Linn. No. 334.1 (LINN) .
Generitype of Astrantia Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 138. 1929).
Current name: Astrantia major L. ( Apiaceae).