Xeranthemum sesamoides Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 859. 1753.

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 6202.

Lectotype (Hilliard & Burtt in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 82: 217, 251, 258. 1981): Herb. Burman, specimen illustrated in Burman, Rar. Afr. Pl.: t. 67, f. 2 (G).

Current name: Edmondia sesamoides (L.) Hilliard ( Asteraceae).