Hudson, W. (1762), Flora Anglica Edn. 1: 284 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in pratis maritimis. Observed by De. Johnson in Dartford salt-marsh; I found it by the water-side at Lighe, and at Little-holland in Essex; at Tilbury-fort, Mr. Petiver; plentifully about Sheerness, Mr. Doody."

Gardner, C.A. (June 1930), Part II. Proteaceae–Papilionaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 63 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 157 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Trifolium squamosum L. legitimate

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 161 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Trifolium squamosum L. legitimate

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