Filago pyramidata Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1199, 1230. 1753, typ. cons.

"Habitat in Hispania. Loefling. [also “Germania” from Gnaphalium germanicum]" RCN: 6706.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Burser XV(1): 8 (UPS); [icon] in Petiver, Herb. Britannici: 18, t. 18, f. 10. 1713.

Generitype of Filago Linnaeus, nom. cons.

Current name: Filago pyramidata L. ( Asteraceae).

Note: In the Addenda to Species Plantarum, Linnaeus (Sp. Pl. 2: 1230. 1753) adds Gnaphalium germanicum L. (p. 857) to the protologue, as a synonym. See Wagenitz (in Willdenowia 4: 47, 49. 1965), Dandy (in Watsonia 7: 165. 1969) and Greuter (in Boissiera 13: 136. 1967).