Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 48 [comb. nov.]

• Type: Mt Lyndhurst, S.A., Oct. 1898, M. Koch 95; holo: L (photo BRI); iso: BRI, K (2 sheets) (photo and fragment BRI), NSW. [after Simon, B.K. Aust.Syst.Bot. 5(2): 160]

basionym: Aristida arenaria var. hirsuta Henrard legitimate

Lazarides, M. (30 December 1980), Aristida L. (Poaceae, Aristideae) in Australia. Brunonia 3(2): 322 [secondary reference]

Lazarides, M. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Gramineae (Poaceae). Flora of Central Australia: 452 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Aristida contorta F.Muell. legitimate

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 148 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Aristida contorta F.Muell. legitimate

Simon, B.K. (24 April 1992), A revision of the genus Aristida (Poaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 5(2): 160 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Aristida contorta F.Muell. legitimate

Simon, B.K. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Aristida. Flora of Australia 44B: 83 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Aristida contorta F.Muell. legitimate

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