Planchon, J.E. (1848), Sur la famille des Droséracées. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique ser. 3, 9: 287 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "cum praecedente; Durmmond in herb. Hook." [in colonia fluminis Cygnorum].

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 459 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 7 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 13 [secondary reference]

Marchant, N.G. & George, A.S. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Drosera. Flora of Australia 8: 58, Map 60 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Drosera androsacea Diels legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 81 [secondary reference]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 229 [secondary reference]

common name: Small Sundew [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA

Lowrie, A. (2014), Appendix. Carnivorous Plants of Australia Magnum Opus 3: 1279 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Drosera paleacea DC. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Drosera paleacea DC. legitimate

Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (28 March 2019), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2018. Nuytsia 30: 10 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Drosera paleacea DC. legitimate

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