Dianthus diminutus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 587. 1762.

"Habitat in Germania." RCN: 3208.

Lectotype (Ball in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 53: 1051. 2004): [icon] " Caryophyllus sylvestris minimus " in Tabernaemontanus, New Vollk. Kräuterb .: 670, 669. 1664. - Epitype (Ball in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 53: 1051. 2004): Germany. Lübeck, Jul 1901, Kjellberg s.n. (BM).

Current name: Petrorhagia prolifera (L.) P.W. Ball & Heywood ( Caryophyllaceae).