Mueller, F.J.H. von (1868), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 6(49): 229 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Trichinium divaricatum Gaudich. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1881), Plants of North-Western Australia. Western Australia - Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Council: 7 [secondary reference]

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

Benl, G. (15 November 1958), Beitrag zu einer Revision der Gattung Ptilotus R.Br. (Amaranthaceae). Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung Munchen 2: 406-408 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Trichinium striatum Moq. ex Benth. legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 73 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Amaranthaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 95-96 [secondary reference]

Moore, P. (2005), A guide to plants of inland Australia: 255 (photo, map) [secondary reference]

common name: Narrow-leaved Mulla Mulla [n/a] common name: Climbing Mulla Mulla [n/a]

• Etymology: divaricatus: spreading by branching.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium divaricatum Gaudich. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichinium striatum Moq. ex Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus striatus (Moq. ex Benth.) F.Muell. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

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

common name: Climbing Mulla Mulla [n/a]

Davis, R.W. (7 November 2011), An assessment of some infraspecific taxa in Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae) from Western Australia. Nuytsia 21(3): 104-105 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium divaricatum Gaudich. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichinium striatum Moq. ex Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus striatus (Moq. ex Benth.) F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus divaricatus var. rubescens Benl legitimate

Biggs, L.J. & Parker, C.M. (21 November 2013), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2012. Nuytsia 23: 518-519 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Ptilotus divaricatus (Gaudich.) F.Muell. var. divaricatus legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus divaricatus var. rubescens Benl legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium divaricatum Gaudich. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Ptilotus divaricatus (Gaudich.) F.Muell. var. divaricatus legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichinium striatum Moq. ex Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus striatus (Moq. ex Benth.) F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus divaricatus var. rubescens Benl legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 38 [secondary reference]

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