Gray, A. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1852), Characters of some South-west Australian Compositae. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 4: 271 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Between Swan River and King George Sound, Drummond."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 641 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Helipterum rubellum (A.Gray) Benth. legitimate

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 309 [basionym]

basionym of: Argyrocome rubella (A.Gray) Kuntze legitimate

Voss, A. (1894), Vilmorin's Blumengartnerei Edn. 3, 1(1): 530 [basionym]

basionym of: Roccardia rubella (A.Gray) Voss legitimate

Wilson, Paul G. (7 September 1992), The Classification of Australian species currently included in Helipterum and related genera (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae): Part 1. Nuytsia 8(3): 398 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "J.Drummond 347 (K, photo seen).",

Wilson, Paul G. (7 September 1992), The Classification of Australian species currently included in Helipterum and related genera (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae): Part 1. Nuytsia 8(3): 398 [basionym]

basionym of: Rhodanthe rubella (A.Gray) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

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