The article focuses on the proposal to reject the nomenclature of the Asteraceae species Senecio lanatus and S. populifolius as the species are now known as S. verbascifolius. It states that the two taxonomy S. lanatus and S. populifolius are applicable to the South African species generally known as 5. verbascifolius. It informs that S. lanatus is also known as Oresbia heterocarpa.