Benl, G. (24 December 1980), Five new taxa of Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae) from Western Australia. Nuytsia 3(2): 169 [autonym]

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

• APC Dist.: WA

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus divaricatus (Gaudich.) F.Muell. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus divaricatus (Gaudich.) F.Muell. legitimate

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