Macfarlane, T.D. (30 December 1980), A revision of Wurmbea (Liliaceae) in Australia. Brunonia 3(2): 185, fig. 18 [tax. nov.]

• Type: G. Chippendale s.n. (NT 2132), Northern Territory, 4 miles (6.4 km) N. of Olunga Well, Angas Downs. Herb to 1 foot, flowers pink. Bulbous plant. Common, in deep red sand; 18 June 1956 (holo CANB, iso AD, BRI, MEL, NSW, NT).

Macfarlane, T.D. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Wurmbea. Flora of Central Australia: 422 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 51 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 44 [secondary reference]

Macfarlane, T.D. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Wurmbea. Flora of Australia 45: 398, Fig. 118, Map 454 [secondary reference]

Bates, R.J. (8 May 1995), The species of Wurmbea (Liliaceae) in South Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 16: 42, Map 4 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA

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