Gnaphalium glomeratum Linnaeus, Plantae Rariores Africanae: 20. 1760.

["Habitat ad Cap. b. spei."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 1200 (1763). RCN: 6193.

Lectotype (Hilliard & Burtt in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 82: 200, 243, 254. 1981): Herb. Linn. No. 989.85 (LINN) .

Current name: Helichrysum tinctum (Thunb.) Hilliard & B.L. Burtt ( Asteraceae).