| Name | Scabiosa simplex Desfontaines |
| Authorship | Desfontaines |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Scabiosa |
| Citation | 1798 Fl. Atlant. 1: 125 |
| Holdings | 2 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Scabiosa simplex Desfontaines |
| Identification made in | [no date] (2) |