Type:"Western Australia, Western edge of Lake King. c.33°05'S, 119°31'E. 11.ix.1982. Short 1685 (MEL 621024). Isotypi: AD,K,PERTH."
APC Dist.:WA
Etymology:"The specific epithet commemorates the Hamburg botanist Joachim Steetz (1804–1862)... who first described a large number of Australian plants, including many in the Asteraceae."