Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 409 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in ..."

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 156 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 97 [secondary reference]

Doust, A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 267 [secondary reference]

common name: Sweet William [n/a]

Doust, A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 267 [secondary reference]

common name: Sweet William [n/a]

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [secondary reference]

common name: Sweet William [n/a]

• APC Dist.: NSW (naturalised)

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Dianthus barbatus L. subsp. barbatus legitimate

• APC Dist.: NSW (naturalised)

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