Vriese, W.H. de (1854), Goodenovieae. Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem ser. 2, 10: 118, t. 21 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "vidi (in Herb. Mus. Caes. Vind.) spec. Drummondi ex Nov. Holl. Austro-Occidentali et ad Flum Cygn. et K.G.S. Spec. Hügelii. – Porro in Herb. Delessert et in Herb. Hookeri, nempe specim. a Drummondio lecta, sub no 17, 1842. – 397, 1843. – 55, 1845."

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 120 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 87 [secondary reference]

Krause, K. in Engler, H.G.A. (1912), Goodeniaceae. Das Pflanzenreich IV, 54(277): 199 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 157 [secondary reference]

Rajput, M.T.M. & Carolin, R.C. (26 May 1988), The genus Dampiera (Goodeniaceae): systematic arrangement, nomenclatural notes and new taxa. Telopea 3(2): 214 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Drummond 397 (K). ISOLECTOTYPE: MEL."

Rajput, M.T.M. & Carolin, R.C. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1992), Dampiera. Flora of Australia 35: 47-48, figs 17L, 23J [secondary reference]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 254 [secondary reference]

common name: Woolly-headed Dampiera [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Dampiera eriocephala de Vriese var. eriocephala legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

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