Decaisne, J. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1852), Plantaginaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 13(1): 701 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In Nov. Holl. ora occident. ad Cygnorum flumen. (Drummond Sw. Riv. coll 71)"

Pilger, R.K.F. in Engler, H.G.A. (1937), Das Pflanzenreich 102: 262 [secondary reference]

Briggs, B.G., Carolin, R.C. & Pulley, J.M. (1977), Plantaginaceae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 181: 32, Fig. 1(c), 34-35 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Plantago pritzelii Pilg. legitimate common name: Sago-weed [n/a]

Carolin, R.C. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Plantaginaceae, Campanulaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 349, Fig. 448 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Plantago pritzelii Pilg. legitimate

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 617-618, Fig. 62c [secondary reference]

common name: Dark Plantain [n/a] common name: Dark Sago-weed [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 174 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Plantago pritzelii Pilg. legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 154 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 59 [secondary reference]

Briggs, B.G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Plantaginaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 598 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Plantaginaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 471, Fig. 92e [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Plantago pritzelii Pilg. legitimate common name: Dark Plantain [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Plantago drummondi Decne. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Plantago pritzelii Pilg. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Plantago varia R.Br. legitimate by Gardner, C.A. (May 1931), Part III. Geraniaceae–Compositae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 121 pro parte misapplication: Plantago varia R.Br. legitimate by Grieve, B.J. & Blackall, W.E. (1975), How to know Western Australian wildflowers: a key to the flora of the temperate regions of Western Australia 4: 655

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

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