Gnaphalium stellatum Linnaeus, Plantae Rariores Africanae: 19. 1760.

["Habitat in Cap. b. spei."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 1198 (1763). RCN: 6182.

Lectotype (Hilliard & Burtt in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 82: 248, 260. 1981): Herb. Burman, specimen illustrated in Burman, Rar. Afr. Pl. t. 80, f. 1 (G).

Current name: Helichrysum stellatum (L.) Less. ( Asteraceae).