Salix herbacea Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1018. 1753.

"Habitat in Alpibus lapponiae, Helvetiae." RCN: 7371.

Lectotype (Jonsell & Jarvis in Nordic J. Bot. 14: 151. 1994): Herb. Linn. No. 1158.40, central specimen (LINN).

Current name: Salix herbacea L. (Salicaceae).