| Name | Aristida capensis var. canescens Trinius & Ruprecht |
| Authorship | Trin. & Rupr. |
| Rank | Variety |
| Placed in | Aristida capensis Thunberg |
| Citation | 1842 Sp. Gram. Stipac. 178 |
| Holdings | 3 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Aristida capensis var. canescens Trinius & Ruprecht |
| Identification made in | [no date] (3) |