Willdenow, C.L. (1803), Species Plantarum Edn. 4, 3(3): 1718 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in America boreali."

Hartley, W. (1953), Standardized Plant Names: a revised list of standard common names for the more important Australian grasses, other pasture plants, and weeds. Bulletin (CSIRO) 272: 16 [secondary reference]

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

• APC Comment: An American taxon recorded by W.Hartley, CSIRO Bull. 272: 19 (1953), but not known to occur in Australia.

Orchard, A.E. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Asteraceae Subfam. Asteroideae Trib. 7. Coreopsideae. Flora of Australia 37: 468 [secondary reference]

• Text: "Recorded by W.Hartley, in Standardized Plant Names: a revised list of standard common names for the more important Australian grasses, other pasture plants, and weeds. Bulletin (CSIRO) 272 : 16 (1953), but not supported by herbarium specimens. Probably a misidentification of B. tripartita."

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