Gnaphalium leontopodium Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 855. 1753.

"Habitat in Alpibus Helvetiae, Vallesiae, Corinthi, Austriae, Sibiriae." RCN: 6710.

Basionym of: Filago leontopodium (L.) L. (1763) .

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Burser XV(1): 18 (UPS); [icon] in Dodoëns, Stirp. Hist. Pempt., ed. 2: 68. 1616; [icon] in Bauhin & Cherler, Hist. Pl. Univ. 3(1): 161. 1651; [icon] in Clusius, Rar. Pl. Hist. 1: 328. 1601.

Current name: Leontopodium nivale (Ten.) Hand.-Mazz. subsp. alpinum (Cass.) Greuter ( Asteraceae).