Hooker, J.D. in Hooker, W.J. (1847), Florae Tasmaniae Spicilegium: or, Contributions towards a Flora of Van Diemen's Land. London Journal of Botany 6: 121 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "... abundant throughout the colony."

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

• APC Comment: A name of uncertain application.

Wilson, Paul G. (13 May 2016), A taxonomic treatment of Chrysocephalum apiculatum and C. semipapposum (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae). Nuytsia 27: 70 [doubtful taxonomic synonym]

doubtful taxonomic synonym of: Chrysocephalum semipapposum subsp. asperum (Steetz) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

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