Alyssum spinosum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 650. 1753.

"Habitat in Hispaniae, Galliae cautibus." RCN: 4727.

Lectotype (Dudley in J. Arnold Arbor. 45: 365. 1964): Herb. Clifford: 332, Alyssum 1 (BM-000646287) .

Current name: Alyssum spinosum L. ( Brassicaceae).