Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 813 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in G. Narbonensi, Italia."

Maiden, J.H. (1908), Another bad weed for New South Wales. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 19: 1029 [secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 722 [secondary reference]

common name: Spotted Golden Thistle [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 85 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Asteraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 588 [secondary reference]

common name: Spotted Thistle [n/a]

Murray, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Scolymus. Flora of New South Wales 3: 329 [secondary reference]

common name: Spotted Thistle [n/a]

Thompson, I.R. (22 May 2007), A taxonomic treatment of tribe Lactuceae (Asteraceae) in Australia. Muelleria 25: 63-64 APC [secondary reference]

common name: Spotted Golden Thistle [n/a]

• APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

Thompson, I.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Scolymus. Flora of Australia 37: 88, map [secondary reference]

common name: Spotted Golden Thistle [n/a]

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