Hooker, J.D. in Hooker, W.J. (1847), Florae Tasmaniae Spicilegium: or, Contributions towards a Flora of Van Diemen's Land. London Journal of Botany 6: 273 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Recherche Bay; Gunn."

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

• APC Comment: A name of uncertain application, possibly referable to Sprengelia propinqua (see G.Bentham, Fl. Austral. 4: 249 (1868)).

Crowden, R.K. (23 August 2013), Emendments to Sprengelia Sm., (Epacridoideae Ericaceae), Tasmania, Australia. Telopea 15: 62 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Sprengelia propinqua A.Cunn. ex DC. legitimate

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 41 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Sprengelia propinqua A.Cunn. ex DC. legitimate

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