Ball, P.W. & Heywood, V.H. (August 1964), A revision of the genus Petrorhagia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Botany 3(4): 166, t. 15 c. [comb. nov.]

basionym: Dianthus velutinus Guss. legitimate

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 145 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Dianthus velutinus Guss. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Tunica velutina (Guss.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Kohlrauschia velutina (Guss.) Rchb. legitimate

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 171 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 66 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Dianthus velutinus Guss. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Tunica velutina (Guss.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Kohlrauschia velutina (Guss.) Rchb. legitimate common name: Velvet Pink [n/a]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 302 [secondary reference]

common name: Hairy Pink [n/a] common name: Velvet Pink [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 98 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Tunica velutina (Guss.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey. legitimate

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 109 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Dianthus velutinus Guss. legitimate common name: Velvet Pink [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 76 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Petrorhagia prolifera (L.) P.W.Ball & Heywood legitimate by Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 76 misapplication: Petrorhagia nanteuilii (Burnat) P.W.Ball & Heywood legitimate by Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 39

Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 106 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Tunica prolifera (L.) Scop. legitimate common name: Velvet Pink [n/a]

Doust, A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 268 [secondary reference]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 97 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Dianthus velutinus Guss. legitimate

Adams, L.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 270-271, Fig. 52j-k [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Dianthus velutinus Guss. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Tunica prolifera var. velutina (Guss.) Ewart legitimate common name: Velvety Pink [n/a]

Doust, A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 268 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. in Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. (ed.) (2000), Flora of New South Wales Supplement 1: 29 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 549 [secondary reference]

common name: Velvet Pink [n/a]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Petrorhagia dubia (Raf.) G.Lopez & Romo legitimate

Western Australian Herbarium (2007), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.5: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Petrorhagia dubia (Raf.) G.Lopez & Romo legitimate

State Herbarium of South Australia (2008), Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Dianthus velutinus Guss. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Tunica velutina (Guss.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey. legitimate common name: Hairy Pink [n/a] common name: Velvet Pink [n/a]

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [secondary reference]

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 30 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Petrorhagia dubia (Raf.) G.Lopez & Romo legitimate

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