Mueller, F.J.H. von (1868), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 6(49): 233 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Ad rivum Sturt's Creek. F.M."

Bentham, G. (1870), Flora Australiensis 5: 222 [basionym]

basionym of: Trichinium astrolasium (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 28 [secondary reference]

Benl, G. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Ptilotus. Flora of Central Australia: 78-79 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 72 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 5 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Amaranthaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 123, Fig. 31B [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium astrolasium (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Ptilotus astrolasius F.Muell. var. astrolasius legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT

State Herbarium of South Australia (2007), Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium astrolasium (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. legitimate

Western Australian Herbarium (2007), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.5: - [secondary reference]

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