Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 774 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in G. Narbonensi."

Gardner, C.A. (1925), List of the naturalised plants of extra-tropical Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 11(8): 76 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 461 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 248-249 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 124 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 97 [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): 139 [secondary reference]

common name: Narrowleaf trefoil [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Papilionaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 279 [secondary reference]

common name: Narrowleaf Trefoil [n/a]

Norris, E.H. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Lotus. Flora of New South Wales 2: 445 [secondary reference]

common name: Slender Birds-foot Trefoil [n/a]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 187-188 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Fabaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 702, Fig. 142d [secondary reference]

common name: Slender Bird's-foot Trefoil [n/a]

Norris, E.H. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Lotus. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 612 [secondary reference]

common name: Slender Birds-foot Trefoil [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 764 [secondary reference]

common name: Narrowleaf Trefoil [n/a]

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (native and naturalised)

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 304 [secondary reference]

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 45 [secondary reference]

Baker, M.L., Wapstra, M. & Lawrence, D. (20 August 2019), An annotated census of the lesser-known naturalised plants of Tasmania. Muelleria 38: 44 [secondary reference]

common name: narrowleaf trefoil [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

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

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