Silene acaulis (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 603. 1762.
"Habitat in Alpibus Lapponicis, Austriacis, Helveticis, Pyrenaeis." RCN: 3272.
Basionym: Cucubalus acaulis L. (1753).
Lectotype (Talavera & Muñoz Garmendia in Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 45: 445. 1989): Herb. Linn. No. 583.61, upper specimen (LINN).
Current name: Silene acaulis (L.) Jacq. subsp. acaulis (Caryophyllaceae).