Artemisia ambigua Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 1190. 1763.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei." RCN: 6732.

Basionym of: Seriphium ambiguum (L.) L. (1774) .

Lectotype (Hilliard & Burn in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 31: 23. 1971): Herb. Linn. No. 988.55 (LINN) .

Current name: Ifloga ambigua (L.) Druce ( Asteraceae).