Bentham, G. (1834), Labiatarum Genera et Species 5: 459 [tax. nov.]

• Type: [four Cunningham collections cited without designation of a type].

Bailey, F.M. (1901), The Queensland Flora 4: 1206 [secondary reference]

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

Boivin, J.R.B (1949), Westringia, an Australian genus of Labiatae. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 60: 107 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "the type-collection may best be Cunningham's collection, near the Lachlan River."

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 742, Fig. 1063 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Westringia angustifolia R.Br. legitimate by Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 494

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 270 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Westringia grevillina F.Muell. legitimate by Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 742, Fig. 1063

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 316, Fig. 318. [secondary reference]

Williams, K.A.W. (1980), Native Plants of Queensland Edn. 2, 1: 278 [secondary reference]

common name: Queensland Rosemary [n/a]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 581 [secondary reference]

common name: Queensland Rosemary [n/a] common name: Slender Westringia [n/a] common name: Slender Western Rosemary [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 138 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Lamiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 381, Fig. 53B [secondary reference]

Conn, B.J. (23 December 1988), The Westringia dampieri-W. eremicola-W. rigida complex (Labiatae). Nuytsia 6(3): 344-347 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Westringia eremicola var. quaterna Benth. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Westringia grevillina F.Muell. legitimate by Costermans, L. (1981), Native Trees and Shrubs of South-eastern Australia: 268 misapplication: Westringia angustifolia R.Br. legitimate by Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 494 misapplication: Westringia grevillina F.Muell. legitimate by Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 270 misapplication: Westringia dampieri R.Br. legitimate by Althofer, G.W. & Althofer, P.M. (1980), Westringia, description of species. Australian Plants 10(84): 361 common name: Slender Western Rosemary [n/a] common name: Slender Westringia [n/a]

Conn, B.J. (23 December 1988), The Westringia dampieri-W. eremicola-W. rigida complex (Labiatae). Nuytsia 6(3): 348 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Westringia longifolia R.Br. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1901), The Queensland Flora 4: 1206

Conn, B.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Lamiaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 643 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Westringia eremicola var. quaterna Benth. legitimate common name: Slender Westringia [n/a]

Conn, B.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Lamiaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 442, Fig. 86b-c [secondary reference]

common name: Slender Westringia [n/a]

State Herbarium of South Australia (2008), Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia: - [secondary reference]

misapplication: Westringia angustifolia R.Br. legitimate by Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 494 common name: Slender Western Rosemary [n/a] common name: Slender Westringia [n/a]

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

taxonomic synonym: Westringia eremicola var. quaterna Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Westringia longifolia var. eremicola S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Pickard nom. inval., pro syn. common name: Slender Western Rosemary [n/a] common name: Slender Westringia [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Westringia eremicola A.Cunn. ex Benth. var. eremicola legitimate taxonomic synonym: Westringia eremicola var. quaterna Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Westringia sp. [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Westringia longifolia var. eremicola S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Pickard nom. inval., pro syn. pro parte misapplication: Westringia longifolia R.Br. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(79): 163 pro parte misapplication: Westringia grevillina F.Muell. legitimate by Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 742 pro parte misapplication: Westringia grevillina F.Muell. legitimate by Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 270 pro parte misapplication: Westringia grevillina F.Muell. legitimate by Costermans, L. (1981), Native Trees and Shrubs of South-eastern Australia: 268 misapplication: Westringia angustifolia R.Br. legitimate by Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 494 misapplication: Westringia dampieri R.Br. legitimate by Althofer, G.W. & Althofer, P.M. (1980), Westringia, description of species. Australian Plants 10(84): 361

• APC Dist.: SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic

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