Black, J.M. (1928), Additions to the Flora of South Australia. No. 26. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 52: 228 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Far North and westward to Everard Range and Ooldea."

Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 590 [secondary reference]

Davis, G.L. (26 September 1952), Revision of the genus Calotis. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 77(3-4): 164 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Calotis erinacea Steetz legitimate

Davis, G.L. in Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 861 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Calotis erinacea Steetz legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Calotis erinacea Steetz legitimate

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