Gnaphalium fruticans Linnaeus, Mantissa Plantarum Altera: 282. 1771.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei." RCN: 6150.

Lectotype (Hilliard & Burn in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 82: 242, 252. 1981): Herb. Linn. No. 989.5 (LINN) .

Current name: Helichrysum fruticans (L.) D. Don ( Asteraceae).