Eriophorum polystachion Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 52. 1753, nom. utique rej.
"Habitat in Europae uliginosis, turfosis." RCN: 440.
Lectotype (Novoselova in Bot. Zhurn. 79(11): 86. 1994): Herb. Linn. No. 72.2, middle specimen (LINN) .
Current name: Eriophorum angustifolium Roth ( Cyperaceae).