Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 436 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Tataria."

Krause, E.H.L. (1901), Flora von Deutschland Edn. 2, 5: 96 [basionym]

basionym of: Silene chalcedonica (L.) E.H.L.Krause legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 98 [secondary reference]

Doust, A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 270 [secondary reference]

Doust, A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 270 [secondary reference]

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [secondary reference]

common name: Maltese-cross [n/a]

• APC Dist.: NSW (naturalised)

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Silene chalcedonica (L.) E.H.L.Krause legitimate

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