Boreau, A. (1857), Flore du Centre de la France Edn. 3, 2: 559 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not cited).

Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 589 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Polygonum calcatum Lindm. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Polygonum aequale Lindm. legitimate common name: Small-leaved Knotgrass [n/a]

Beadle, N.C.W. (1972), Student's Flora of North Eastern New South Wales 2: 181 [secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 230 [secondary reference]

common name: Wireweed [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 33 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 176 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 67 [secondary reference]

Gray, M. & Michael, P.W. (1986), List of plants collected at the old Flemington Saleyards, Sydney, New South Wales. Plant Protection Quarterly 1(4): 140 [secondary reference]

common name: Sand wireweed [n/a]

Perry, G. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Polygonum. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 113 [secondary reference]

common name: Sand Wireweed [n/a]

Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Polygonaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 288 [secondary reference]

common name: Wireweed [n/a]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Polygonaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 274, Fig. 53g-j [secondary reference]

common name: Wireweed [n/a] common name: Hogweed [n/a]

Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Polygonaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 288 [secondary reference]

common name: Wireweed [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 804 [secondary reference]

common name: Sand Wireweed [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Polygonum calcatum Lindm. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Polygonum aequale Lindm. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Polygonum aviculare L. legitimate by Chorney, K. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 1: 177

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

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

common name: Sand Wireweed [n/a]

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [secondary reference]

common name: Wireweed [n/a]

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 64 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Polygonum plebeium R.Br. legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 589

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