Bailey, F.M. (1905), Botany. Contributions to the Flora of Queensland. Queensland Agricultural Journal 16(2): 190 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Herberton, R.C. Ringrose."

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 392, Fig. 370 [secondary reference]

Althofer, G.W. (June 1978), Cradle of Incense: The Story of Australian Prostanthera: 92, 97, 171 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "dark violet"

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1987), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 1: 29 [secondary reference]

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1989), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 2: 30 [secondary reference]

Bean, A.R. (15 December 2000), A new combination in Prostanthera Labill. (Lamiaceae). Austrobaileya 5(4): 733 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Prostanthera clotteniana (F.M.Bailey) A.R.Bean legitimate

Conn, B.J. & Wilson, T.C. (12 January 2015), Prostanthera (Lamiaceae) from far-north Queensland, Australia. Telopea 18: 3 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Prostanthera clotteniana (F.M.Bailey) A.R.Bean legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Prostanthera clotteniana (F.M.Bailey) A.R.Bean legitimate

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