Morris, P.F. & Willis, J.H. (1942), Confused taxonomy in the Ozothamnus section of Helichrysum, and its rectification. The Victorian Naturalist 59: 87 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "... but on Tasmanian mountains occurs a curious form with slightly larger, less appressed, and decidedly woolly leaves, a sheet of which from Sieber's Herbarium (collector Theodore Siemssen V.D.L. 1838) ..."

Burbidge, N.T. (1958), A monographic study of Helichrysum Subgenus Ozothamnus (Compositae) and of two related genera formerly included therein. Australian Journal of Botany 6(3): 278 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Cradle Mt., Tasmania, C.S. Sutton 2661, Feb. 1919 (MEL)."

Burbidge, N.T. (1958), A monographic study of Helichrysum Subgenus Ozothamnus (Compositae) and of two related genera formerly included therein. Australian Journal of Botany 6(3): 278 [basionym]

basionym of: Helichrysum expansifolium (Sieber ex P.Morris & J.H.Willis) N.T.Burb. legitimate

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 337 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Helichrysum expansifolium (Sieber ex P.Morris & J.H.Willis) N.T.Burb. legitimate

Anderberg, A.A. (1991), Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Tribe Gnaphalieae (Asteraceae). Opera Botanica 104: 89 [basionym]

basionym of: Ozothamnus x expansifolius (P.Morris & J.H.Willis) Anderb. legitimate

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