Gnaphalium petiolatum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 854. 1753.

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 6162.

Lectotype (Hilliard & Burtt in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 32: 357, 384. 1973): Herb. Clifford: 402, Gnaphalium 16 (BM-000647012) .

Current name: Staehelina petiolata (L.) Hilliard & B.L. Burtt ( Asteraceae).

Note: The type is also reproduced by Lack (in Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 98B Suppl.: 207. 1996).