Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 178 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat Monspelii, Florintinae."

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 201 [secondary reference]

Barker, W.R. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Verbascum. Flora of New South Wales 3: 566 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: NSW (naturalised)

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