Kodela, P.G., Tindale, M.D. & Keith, D.A. (8 January 2001), Acacia stellaticeps (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae), a new species from the Pilbara, Western Australia, to Tanami, Northern Territory. Nuytsia 13(3): 483, Fig. 1 [tax. nov.]

• Type: c. 19 km south-south-east of Sturt Creek on Tanami Track, Western Australia, 14 July 1974, A.C. Beauglehole 47444 & G.W. Carr 3666 (holo: NSW; iso: DNA, MEL n.v., PERTH n.v.).

taxonomic synonym: Acacia translucens var. humilis Benth. legitimate

Tindale, M.D. & Kodela, P.G. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 231-232, Fig. 49J-L, Map 323 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Acacia translucens var. humilis Benth. legitimate

Maslin, B.R. (9 July 2001), Wattle - Acacias of Australia: - [secondary reference]

Pedley, L. (3 December 2003), A synopsis of Racosperma C.Mart. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Austrobaileya 6(3): 488 [basionym]

basionym of: Racosperma stellaticeps (Kodela, Tindale & D.Keith) Pedley legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym: Acacia translucens var. humilis Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acacia humilis (Benth.) Tindale & D.Keith manuscript name taxonomic synonym: Racosperma stellaticeps (Kodela, Tindale & D.Keith) Pedley legitimate

• APC Comment: A possible hybrid between A. arida and A stellaticeps is recorded (Fl. Austral. 11B: 217 (2001)). A putative hybrid between A. hilliana and A. stellaticeps is recorded for WA (Fl. Austral. 11B: 228 (2001)). A. sphaerostachya is probably a hybrid between A. stellaticeps and A. ancistrocarpa (Maslin & Kodela in Fl. Austral. 11B: 245 (2001)).
• APC Dist.: WA, NT

Maslin, B.R. & van Leeuwen, S. (2008), Wattles of the Pilbara: 56-57 [secondary reference]

common name: Northern star wattle [n/a]

• Etymology: "Its botanical and common names refer to the immature flower heads which are characteristically more or less star-shaped on account of the large, wide-spreading, tapered unopened buds."

Maslin, B.R., van Leeuwen, S. & Reid, J. (2010), Wattles of the Pilbara: - [secondary reference]

common name: Glistening Wattle [n/a] common name: Poverty Bush [n/a] common name: Northern Star Wattle [n/a]

• Etymology: "The botanical name is derived from the Latin stellatus (starry) and -ceps (head) in allusion to the characteristic star-shape of the immature heads, produced by the large, wide-spreading flower buds. The common name is derived from the same source."
• Vernacular: Pitinyurru (Nyangumarta)
• Vernacular: Pirrnyur (Nyangumarta)
• Vernacular: Pirrinyurru (Nyangumarta)
• Vernacular: Panmangu (Nyangumarta, Ngarla)

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