Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 77 [primary reference]

• Type: "Habitat in Europa ad versuras agrorum."

Ewart, A.J. (1908), Contributions to the Flora of Australia No. VIII. The Victorian Naturalist 24(12): 191 [secondary reference]

Weiller, C.M. & Henwood, M.J. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Tribe Bromeae. Flora of Australia 44A: 92 [secondary reference]

• Comment: "Recorded by A.J.Ewart, Victorian Naturalist 24: 191 (1908), as having been collected from "Goulburn" (presumably Goulburn R., Vic.) but this record is based on collections by Charles Walter which have limited provenance information and are likely to be of cultivated origin. The taxon is not considered naturalised in Australia."

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