Scabiosa leucantha Linnaeus var. spuria Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 98. 1753.

"Habitat in collibus Africae." RCN: 798.

Lectotype (Wijnands, Bot. Commelins: 93. 1983): [icon] " Scabiosa Afric. frutesc. fol. rigidis splendentibus et serratis flore albicanti" in Commelin, Hort. Med. Amstelod. Pl. Rar. 2: 185, t. 93. 1701.

Current name: Cephalaria rigida (L.) Roem. & Schult. ( Dipsacaceae).