Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Boraginaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 363 [primary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [orthographic variant]

orthographic variant of: Heliotropium elachanthum F.Muell. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Plagiobothrys elachanthus (F.Muell.) I.M.Johnst. legitimate

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