Johnston, I.M. (1928), I. Studies in the Boraginaceae - VII. Contributions of the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 81: 78 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Heliotropium elachanthum F.Muell. legitimate

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 715, Fig. 1018 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Heliotropium elachanthum F.Muell. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Eritrichium australasicum A.DC. legitimate by Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 406

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 566 [secondary reference]

common name: Hairy Forget-me-not [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 90 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Heliotropium elachanthum F.Muell. legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Eritrichium australasicum A.DC. legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Boraginaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 363 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Heliotropium elachanthum F.Muell. legitimate misapplication: Eritrichium australasicum A.DC. legitimate by Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 406

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Boraginaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 392 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Boraginaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 396-397, Fig. 77e [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Heliotropium elachanthum F.Muell. legitimate common name: Hairy Forget-me-not [n/a]

Jessup, L.W. (22 April 2002), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 2 Changes to names or status of taxa: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Plagiobothrys elacanthus Stanley orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Plagiobothrys elacanthus Stanley orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Heliotropium elachanthum F.Muell. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Allocarya elachantha (F.Muell.) Brand legitimate pro parte misapplication: Eritrichium australasicum A.DC. legitimate by Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 406

• APC Dist.: SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

State Herbarium of South Australia (2007), Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Heliotropium elachanthum F.Muell. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Eritrichium australasicum A.DC. legitimate by Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 406

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Plagiobothrys elacanthus Stanley orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Heliotropium elachanthum F.Muell. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Allocarya elachantha (F.Muell.) Brand legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Heliotropium elacanthum Stanley orth. var. misapplication: Eritrichium australasicum A.DC. legitimate by Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 406

• APC Dist.: SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

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