Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. (1841), Florae Africae Australioris Illustrationes Monographicae. 1. Gramineae: 205 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "in collibus aridis ad Garip fluvium solo Karro infra 200' alt. (Klein Namaqualand), et in arenosis ad Ebenezar alt. infra 400', (Drège)."

Gardner, C.A. (1925), List of the naturalised plants of extra-tropical Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 11(8): 70 [secondary reference]

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 19 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised)

Weiller, C.M. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Tribe Ehrharteae. Flora of Australia 44A: 373 [secondary reference]

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