Synonymy
Source: Greuter, W. (2006+): Compositae (pro parte majore). – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von (ed.): Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.
Onopordum horridum Viv., Fl. Libyc. Spec.: 68. 1824
- ≡Onopordum tauricum subsp. horridum (Viv.) Negodi in Arch. Bot. Sist. 3: 81. 1927
- ≡Onopordum acanthium subsp. horridum (Viv.) P. Fourn., Quatre Fl. France: 1012. 1940
- ≡Onopordum illyricum subsp. horridum (Viv.) Franco in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 71: 46. 1975
- =Onopordum ferox Rouy in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 43: 592. 1896
- ≡Onopordum illyricum subsp. ferox (Rouy) P. Fourn., Quatre Fl. France: 1013. 1940
