Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 736 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Benghala."

Beadle, N.C.W. (1976), Student's Flora of North Eastern New South Wales 3: 412 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 101 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Papilionaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 308 APC [secondary reference]

common name: Purple Vetch [n/a]

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), Qld (doubtfully naturalised)

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 788 [secondary reference]

common name: Purple Vetch [n/a]

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