Lander, N.S. (22 January 1985), Revision of the Australian genus Lawrencia Hook. (Malvaceae: Malveae). Nuytsia 5(2): 233-236, Figs 1E, 5, Map 5 APC [tax. nov.]

• Type: "At turnoff to Cardabia Homestead on road to Point Maud, Western Australia, October 1981, N.S. Lander 1143 (holo: PERTH; iso: BM, BR, K, NSW, NT)."

• APC Dist.: WA, NT

• Etymology: "The specific epithet draws attention to the close, dense indumentum which gives this species its characteristic grey-green appearance."

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 113 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 47 [secondary reference]

Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996), Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia: 123 [secondary reference]

Brown, G.K. & Bostock, P.D. (December 2019), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2018 to 2019. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2019: 11 [secondary reference]

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