Mueller, F.J.H. von (1859), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 1(10): 226 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "ad flumen Murchison in locis apricis A. Oldfield"

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 32 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 52 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 133 [secondary reference]

George, A.S. (19 June 1991), New taxa, combinations and typifications in Verticordia (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae). Nuytsia 7(3): 368 APC [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: (here chosen): towards Murchison River, Western Australia, 18--, A. Oldfield s.n. (K; isolecto: BM).

• APC Dist.: WA

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 411 [secondary reference]

common name: Spiked Featherflower [n/a]

George, E.A. (2002), Verticordia: the turner of hearts: 354 [secondary reference]

common name: Spiked Featherflower [n/a]

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