Gnaphalium purpureum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 854. 1753, nom. cons. prop.

"Habitat in Carolina, Virginia, Pensylvania." RCN: 6189.

Proposed conserved type (Nesom & Pruski in Taxon 54: 1103. 2005): Clayton 385 (BM-000051197; iso- BM).

Current name: Gamochaeta purpurea (L.) Cabrera ( Asteraceae).

Note: Nesom & Pruski (in Taxon 54: 1103. 2005) identify the type (Herb. A. van Royen, No. 900.286-424, L) designated by Hilliard & Burtt (in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 82: 246. 1981) of G. purpureum L. as a collection of Gamochaeta americana (Mill.) Wedd. In order to maintain the traditional usage of the Linnaean name, they therefore proposed the name for conservation with a conserved type.