Mueller, F.J.H. von (1868), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 6(44): 110 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In Australia occidentali (Drumm. 76 et 170)."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 102 [secondary reference]

Boivin, J.R.B (1949), Westringia, an Australian genus of Labiatae. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 60: 105 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "DRUMMOND 76, W. Aust., 1849 (V, TYPE; NSW, ISOTYPE)."

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 147 [secondary reference]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 277 [secondary reference]

Guerin, G.R. (30 April 2009), A revision of Westringia section Cephalowestringia (Lamiaceae: Westringieae). Australian Systematic Botany 22: 127-128 [secondary reference]

Guerin, G.R. (30 April 2009), A revision of Westringia section Cephalowestringia (Lamiaceae: Westringieae). Australian Systematic Botany 22: 131 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Westringia capitonis G.R.Guerin legitimate

Western Australian Herbarium (2011), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.6: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA

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