Ostenfeld, C.E.H. (1921), Contributions to West Australian Botany, part III : Additions and notes to the flora of extra-tropical W. Australia. Biologiske meddelelser, Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab 3(2): 112, Textfig. 16.2 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Kalgoorlie (No. 982; 7. Oct. 1914)."

Conn, B.J. (23 December 1988), The Westringia dampieri-W. eremicola-W. rigida complex (Labiatae). Nuytsia 6(3): 342 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Ostenfeld 982, 7.x.1914, Kalgoorlie (lecto: C – left specimen; isolecto: AD, C – centre and right specimens, MEL, PERTH)."

Conn, B.J. (23 December 1988), The Westringia dampieri-W. eremicola-W. rigida complex (Labiatae). Nuytsia 6(3): 342 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Westringia rigida R.Br. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Westringia rigida R.Br. legitimate

Western Australian Herbarium (2011), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.6: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Westringia rigida R.Br. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Westringia rigida R.Br. legitimate

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