Cavanilles, A.J. (14 May 1798), Icones et Descriptiones Plantarum 4(2): 68, t. 399 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat copiosissimi in Talcaguano suburbis. Floret Novembri et Decembri. Vidi siccam in dicto herbario."

Ewart, A.J. (1908), Contributions to the Flora of Australia No. VIII. The Victorian Naturalist 24(12): 193 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 427 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 638 [secondary reference]

Thompson, J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Onagraceae. Flora of Australia 18: 219 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: SA (naturalised)

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