Benl, G. (14 July 1984), A new subspecies of Ptilotus distans (R.Br.) Poir. in Queensland. Austrobaileya 2(1): 17, Fig. 1 [autonym]

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

• APC Dist.: WA

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus distans (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate

Parker, C.M. (10 March 2015), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2014. Nuytsia 25: 22 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus distans (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate

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