Black, J.M. (1918), Additions to the Flora of South Australia. No. 13. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 42: 46 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Millicent."

• Comment: Listed as "Medicago hispida var. lappacea (Benth.) J.M.Black" by A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index 1946 (1991). However, Black did not indicate a basionym.

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 189 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Medicago polymorpha L. var. polymorpha legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Medicago polymorpha L. legitimate

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