Minuartia glomerata (s.l.) has systematically been studied and because of the considerable affinities found between subsp. glomerata, subsp. macedonica and the Abruzzo (Central Italy) population previously referred to as M. trichocalycina, this latter species is classified as a subspecies of M. glomerata. A description, distribution map and lectotypification of the basionym of M. glomerata subsp. trichocalycina as well as a key to the three subspecies are provided.