Gaertner, J. (1791), De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum 2(3): 383, t. 163, fig. 1 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Carduus syriacus L. legitimate

Hartley, W. (1953), Standardized Plant Names: a revised list of standard common names for the more important Australian grasses, other pasture plants, and weeds. Bulletin (CSIRO) 272: 23 [secondary reference]

Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 761 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Asteraceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 674 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Notobasis syriaca (L.) Cass. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Notobasis syriaca (L.) Cass. legitimate

Bean, A.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Asteraceae Subfam. 2. Carduoideae Trib. 1. Cardueae. Flora of Australia 37: 61 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Notobasis syriaca (L.) Cass. legitimate

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