Ewart, A.J. & Davies, O.B. (1917), The Flora of the Northern Territory: 109 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Near Darwin, North Australia, Nicholas Holtze. (No. 2054) March, 1911."

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 234 [secondary reference]

Pedley, L. (1 December 1977), Polycarpaea (Caryophyllaceae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 1(1): 55 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Pine Creek, Feb 1914, Allen (K, iso)."

taxonomic synonym: Polycarpaea pumilio Domin legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 76 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 17 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 144, Fig. 38D [secondary reference]

Western Australian Herbarium (2007), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.5: - [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA, NT

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Polycarpaea holtzii Chippend. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Polycarpaea pumilio Domin legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT

---