Description originale
Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Holmiæ. (L. Salvii). Tomus I: 1-560. : 387

 

Identification
Tison, J.-M. & de Foucault, B. [coord.] 2014. Flora Gallica. Flore de France. Biotope Éditions, Mèze. xx + 1196 pp. : 692

 

Orthographe : Etymology: hypo, under; pitys, pine (this species is often found under pine trees). L. referred to Orobanche quae Hypopithys ... Bauh. pin. 88. and Orobanche Hypopithys lutea. Mentz. pug. 3. f. 5. and spelled the epithet as Hypopithys (correctable to hypopitys; vide The Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project).(IPNI)