Sonchus alpinus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 794. 1753.

"Habitat ad latera Alpium Lapponiae, Helvetiae, Austriae." RCN: 5811.

Lectotype ( Wegmüller in Jarvis & Turland in Taxon 47: 368. 1998): Herb. Burser VI: 23 (UPS) .

Current name: Cicerbita alpina (L.) Wallr. ( Asteraceae).