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).