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.
Cirsium canum (L.) All., Fl. Pedem. 1: 151. 1785
- ≡Carduus canus L., Mant. Pl.: 108. 1767
- ≡Cnicus canus (L.) Roth, Tent. Fl. Germ. 1: 345. 1788
- =Cirsium canum var. subtymphaeum Hayek in Österr. Bot. Z. 70: 21. 1921
- ≡Cirsium canum subsp. subtymphaeum (Hayek) Rech. f. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 38: 341. 1935
- =Cirsium biebersteinii Kharadze in Zametki Sist. Geogr. Rast. 23: 112. 1963
