Xeranthemum proliferum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 858. 1753.

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 6197.

Lectotype (Hilliard & Burtt in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 82: 250. 1981): [icon] " Elichrysum, Abrotani foeminae foliis " in Breyn, Prodr. Fasc. Rar. Pl.: 28, t. 17, f. 1. 1739.

Current name: Phaenocoma prolifera (L.) D. Don ( Asteraceae).