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The status of the Linaria growing in southem Sicily and taxonomically near L. multieautis subsp. multicaulis is discussed. Despite this entity being very distinct from the subspecific type, there has been a tendency to overlook it in recent literature. Previous descriptions or this entity, originally named L. stricta (L.) Miller var. humilis Guss. (b. humilis in the protologue), do not sufficiently reflect its natural variability. We provide a new description better defining its characteristics in its natural populations, and present the new combination Linaria multicaulis subsp. humilis with the lectotypification by a specimen preserved in NAP from Gussone's originai materia. Wc also show that this taxon is distinct from similar ones not described at the ti me of fOlmulation of the basionym.