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• Type: Elachanthus pusillus F.Muell.

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 555 [secondary reference]

Baillon, H.E. (1882), Histoire des Plantes 8: 284, adnot. [basionym]

basionym of: Cotula sect. Elachanthus (F.Muell.) Baill. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 84 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 97 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 608 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "From Greek elakhos, small; anthos, flower."

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 883 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Paul G. in Eichler, Hj. (1965), Elachanthus. Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 304 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 77 [secondary reference]

Brown, E.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Asteraceae p.p. Flora of New South Wales 3: 296 [secondary reference]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Elachanthus. Flora of Victoria 4: 881 [secondary reference]

Anderberg, A.A., Baldwin, B.G., Bayer, R.G., Breitwieser, I., Jeffrey, C., Dillon, M.O., Eldenäs, P., Funk, V., Garcia-Jacas, N., Hind, D.J.N., Karis, P.O., Lack, H.W., Nesom, G., Nordenstam, B., Oberprieler, C., Panero, J.J., Puttock, C., Robinson, H., Stuessy, T.F., Susanna, A., Urtubey, E., Vogt, R., Ward, J. & Watson, L.E. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2007), Compositae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 8: 313-314 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 299 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA, SA, NSW, Vic

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