Dianthus fruticosus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 413. 1753.

"Habitat in Graecia." RCN: 3221.

Lectotype (Runemark in Bot. Not. 133: 482. 1980): [icon] " Caryophyllus Graecus arboreus Leucoii folio peramaro " in Tournefort, Rel. Voy. Levant (Paris ed.) 1: 183. 1717.

Current name: Dianthus fruticosus L. subsp. fruticosus ( Caryophyllaceae).