Gnaphalium discolorum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 1191. 1763.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei." RCN: 6152.

Lectotype (Lundgren in Opera Bot. 31: 28. 1972): Herb. Linn. No. 989.7 (LINN) .

Current name: Anaxeton arborescens (L.) Less. ( Asteraceae).