Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 23 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Rosmarinus officinalis L.

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 14 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (1870), Flora Australiensis 5: 73 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 488 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Latin name of the plant, meaning "sea-dew": grows near the coast in the south of Europe."

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 733 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Latin name of the plant, meaning "sea-dew": grows near the coast in the south of Europe."

Bown, D. (2002), New Encyclopedia of Herbs & Their Uses Edn. Revised: 348 [secondary reference]

Harley, R.M., Atkins, S., Budantsev, A.L., Cantino, P.D., Conn, B.J., Grayer, R., Harley, M.M., de Kok, R., Krestovskaja, T., Morales, R., Paton, A.J., Ryding, O. & Upson, T. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2004), Labiatae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 7: 236 [secondary reference]

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

• APC Dist.: SA (naturalised), Qld (doubtfully naturalised)

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 748 [secondary reference]

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

• APC Comment: Rosmarinus is included in the circumscription of Salvia in NSW.
• APC Dist.: SA (naturalised), Qld (doubtfully naturalised)

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