Ball, P.W. (1968), Flora Europaea. Notulae systematicae ad Floram Europaeam Spectantis. Short Notulae. Feddes Repertorium Beiheft 79: 45 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Vicia varia var. eriocarpa Hausskn. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Vicia varia var. eriocarpa Hausskn. legitimate

Gardner, C.L. & James, T.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Vicia. Flora of New South Wales 2: 448 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Vicia dasycarpa Ten. legitimate

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Fabaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 714, Fig. 144q-r [secondary reference]

Holland, A.E. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Vicia. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 618 [secondary reference]

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

Barker, R.M. & Lang, P.J. (10 July 2012), Name changes associated with the South Australian census of vascular plants for the calendar year 2011. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 25: 102 [secondary reference]

common name: Hairy vetch [n/a]

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 48 APC [secondary reference]

misapplication: Vicia cracca L. legitimate by Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 167

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

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