Erica absinthoides Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 269; Mantissa Plantarum: 66. 1767.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei." RCN: 2786.

Lectotype (designated here by Oliver): Herb. Linn. No. 498.63 (LINN) .

Current name: Erica hispidula L. ( Ericaceae).