Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 422 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in siccis juniperetis sepibus tectis Europae."

Hooker, J.D. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1840), Contributions towards a Flora of Van Dieman's Land, chiefly from the collections of Ronald Gunn., Esq., and the late Mr Lawrence. The Journal of Botany 2: 41-43, Figs. 1E, 5A-G, 6F [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 68 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 72 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 99 [secondary reference]

Doust, A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 276 [secondary reference]

Miller, C.H. & West, J.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Stellaria. Flora of Victoria 3: 234-235, Fig. 45g [secondary reference]

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

Doust, A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 276 [secondary reference]

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [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: 31 [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: 39 [secondary reference]

common name: lesser stitchwort [n/a]

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

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

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