Miller, P. (28 January 1754), The Gardeners Dictionary abridged Edn. 4, 3: . [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Raphael, T.D. (1955), Tasmanian garden escapes. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 89: 148 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 360 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Asteraceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 966 [secondary reference]

Thompson, I.R. (22 November 2006), A taxonomic treatment of tribe Senecioneae (Asteraceae) in Australia. Muelleria 24: 58 [secondary reference]

Anderberg, A.A., Baldwin, B.G., Bayer, R.G., Breitwieser, I., Jeffrey, C., Dillon, M.O., Eldenäs, P., Funk, V., Garcia-Jacas, N., Hind, D.J.N., Karis, P.O., Lack, H.W., Nesom, G., Nordenstam, B., Oberprieler, C., Panero, J.J., Puttock, C., Robinson, H., Stuessy, T.F., Susanna, A., Urtubey, E., Vogt, R., Ward, J. & Watson, L.E. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2007), Compositae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 8: 216 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 650 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Petasitis Mill. orth. var.

• APC Dist.: Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Thompson, I.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Petasites. Flora of Australia 37: 203 [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Petasitis Mill. orth. var.

• Etymology: "from the Greek, petasus (broad-rimmed hat), probably an allusion to the large leaves of this genus."

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