Filago leontopodium (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 1312. 1763.

"Habitat in Alpibus Helvetiae, Valesiae, Corinthi, Austriae, Sibiriae." RCN: 6710.

Basionym: Gnaphalium leontopodium L. (1753) .

Type not designated.

Original material: as basionym.

Current name: Leontopodium nivale (Ten.) Hand.-Mazz. subsp. alpinum (Cass.) Greuter ( Asteraceae).