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

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 6161.

Lectotype (Hilliard & Burtt in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 32: 355. 1973): Herb. Clifford: 402, Gnaphalium 15 (BM-000647011) .

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