Lagasca y Segura, M. (1805), Variedades de Ciencias, Literatura y Artes 2(4): 213 [tax. nov.]

Manuel Lainz, S.J. (1973), Lotus subbiflorus Lag. et L. castellanus Boiss. & Reut.: feliciter, binomina in consueto usu retinenda. Candollea 28: 13-14 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Lotus suaveolens Pers. legitimate

Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 51 [secondary reference]

Weber, J.Z. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Papilionoideae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 2: 630, Fig. 344 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (18 October 1987), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 5: 9 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Lotus suaveolens Pers. legitimate by Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 51

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Fabaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 702 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Lotus suaveolens Pers. legitimate by Weber, J.Z. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Papilionoideae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 2: 630, Fig. 344

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

taxonomic synonym: Lotus suaveolens Pers. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Lotus uliginosus Schkuhr legitimate by Weber, J.Z. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (September 1993), Leguminosae. A list of the vascular plants of South Australia Edn. 4: 43

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

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 304-305, photos 7-9 [secondary reference]

common name: Hairy Bird's-foot Trefoil [n/a]

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 45 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Lotus suaveolens Pers. legitimate misapplication: Lotus hispidus Desf. ex DC. legitimate by Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 163

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