Vickery, J.W. (8 August 1939), Revision of the indigenous species of Festuca Linn. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 1(1): 13 [nom. nov.]

replaced synonym: Festuca duriuscula var. aristata Benth. legitimate

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 126 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Festuca duriuscula var. aristata Benth. legitimate

Jessop, J.P. (19 December 1977), Endangered species in the South Australian native vascular flora. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 1(2): 136 [secondary reference]

Alexeev, E.B. (1987), Festuca L. et Genera Proxima (Poaceae) in Australia et Tasmania. Novosti Sistematiki Vysshikh Rastenii 24: 10 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Festuca duriuscula var. aristata Benth. legitimate

Weiller, C.M., Walsh, N.G. & Thompson, I.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Festuca. Flora of Australia 44A: 283 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Festuca duriuscula var. aristata Benth. legitimate

• APC Dist.: SA

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