Rafinesque, C.S. (1817), Florula Ludoviciana: 69-70 [tax. nov.]

Rock, H.F.L. (1957), A revision of the vernal species of Helenium (Compositae) [continued]. Rhodora 59(702): 131, adnot. [secondary reference]

• Neotype: "Collected by C. R. Ball, no. 182, 6 Sept. 1898 at Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana (US-364605)."

Rock, H.F.L. (1957), A revision of the vernal species of Helenium (Compositae) [continued]. Rhodora 59(702): 131, adnot. [basionym]

basionym of: Helenium amarum (Raf.) H.Rock legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Asteraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 566 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Helenium amarum (Raf.) H.Rock legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Helenium amarum (Raf.) H.Rock legitimate

Bean, A.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Helenium. Flora of Australia 37: 445 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Helenium amarum (Raf.) H.Rock legitimate

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