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

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 6181.

Replaced synonym of: Gnaphalium squarrosum L. (1763), nom. illeg.

Lectotype (Hilliard & Burtt in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 82: 199, 247. 1981): Herb. A. van Royen No. 900.346-99 (L) .

Current name: Helichrysum spiralepis Hilliard & B.L. Burtt ( Asteraceae).