Gnaphalium squarrosum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 1197. 1763, nom. illeg.

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 6181.

Replaced synonym: Gnaphalium scabrum L. (1753) .

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).

Note: An illegitimate replacement name for G. scabrum L. (1753), as noted by Hilliard & Burtt.