Willdenow, C.L. (1799), Species Plantarum Edn. 4, 2(1): 703 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat ... (v.v.)"

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 304 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 98 [secondary reference]

Doust, A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 271 [secondary reference]

Adams, L.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 265, Fig. 51e [secondary reference]

common name: Mallee Catchfly [n/a]

• APC Dist.: SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

Doust, A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 271 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. in Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. (ed.) (2000), Flora of New South Wales Supplement 1: 30 [secondary reference]

State Herbarium of South Australia (2008), Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia: - [secondary reference]

common name: Mallee Catchfly [n/a]

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Silene apetala Willd. var. apetala legitimate

• APC Comment: Treated as Silene apetala var. apetala in Vic.
• APC Dist.: SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

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