Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 796 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Chondrilla juncea L.

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 348 [secondary reference]

Maiden, J.H. (2 May 1918), A weed new to Australia (Chondrilla juncea L.). Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 29(5): 330 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 941 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "From the Greek chondrile, a name given by Dioscorides for a related plant which exudes gum, ultimately from chondros, gristle."

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 388 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 400 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 75 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Asteraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 594 [secondary reference]

Lander, N.S. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Asteraceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 667 [secondary reference]

Murray, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Chondrilla. Flora of New South Wales 3: 336-337 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Asteraceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 694 [secondary reference]

Anderberg, A.A., Baldwin, B.G., Bayer, R.G., Breitwieser, I., Jeffrey, C., Dillon, M.O., Eldenäs, P., Funk, V., Garcia-Jacas, N., Hind, D.J.N., Karis, P.O., Lack, H.W., Nesom, G., Nordenstam, B., Oberprieler, C., Panero, J.J., Puttock, C., Robinson, H., Stuessy, T.F., Susanna, A., Urtubey, E., Vogt, R., Ward, J. & Watson, L.E. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2007), Compositae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 8: 184 [secondary reference]

Thompson, I.R. (22 May 2007), A taxonomic treatment of tribe Lactuceae (Asteraceae) in Australia. Muelleria 25: 65 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 182 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (doubtfully naturalised)

Thompson, I.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Chondrilla. Flora of Australia 37: 90 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "from the Greek chondros (gristle), alluding to the tough wiry stems."

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