Schrader, H.A. (1811), Hortus Gottingensis 2: 15, pl. 9 [tax. nov.]

Bean, A.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Asteraceae Subfam. 2. Carduoideae Trib. 1. Cardueae. Flora of Australia 37: 49, 50 [secondary reference]

• Text: "A single plant of Echinops exaltatus Schrad. was found near Gulgong in N.S.W. in 1976, and a specimen lodged at NSW. Based on this collection, the species was subsequently included in Fl. New South Wales 3: 319 (1992), misidentified as E. sphaerocephalus L. The collector, when contacted, stated that he had not seen it before or since. Weeds Officers in surrounding districts are unaware of any Echinops species, and it is treated in this account as not naturalised."

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

misapplication: Echinops sphaerocephalus L. legitimate by Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 76 misapplication: Echinops sphaerocephalus L. legitimate by Murray, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Echinops. Flora of New South Wales 3: 319

• APC Comment: A European taxon recorded by S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Pickard, Pl. New South Wales 76 (1981) and L.Murray in G.J.Harden (ed.), Fl. New South Wales 3: 319 (1992) (as Echinops sphaerocephalus L.), but which does not appear to have become established in Australia (see A.R.Bean in A.J.G.Wilson (ed.), Fl. Australia 37: 49, 50 (2015).

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