Gnaphalium helianthemifolium Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 851. 1753.

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 6180.

Lectotype (Hilliard & Burtt in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 32: 350. 1973): [icon] " Gnaphalium Africanum floribus minimis albicantibus inodorum " in Volckamer, Fl. Noriberg.: 194. 1700 (see pp. 165, 548).

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