Statice purpurata Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 223; Mantissa Plantarum: 59. 1767.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei." RCN: 2196.

Lectotype (Dyer in Dyer & al., Fl. Southern Africa 26: 23. 1963): Herb. Linn. No. 395.15 (LINN) .

Current name: Limonium purpuratum (L.) L.H. Bailey ( Plumbaginaceae).