Benl, G. (December 1962), Beitrag zu einer Revision der Gattung Ptilotus R.Br. (Amaranthaceae) 4. Teil. Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung Munchen 4: 278 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "52 mls N. of Tennant Creek Township, N.T. (`Valley between Quartzite Hills'); R.A. Perry no. 631, 26.IV.1948; in CANB (Division of Land Research and Regional Survey). Isotypen in Alice Springs, MEL, SYD."

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 233 [secondary reference]

Benl, G. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Ptilotus. Flora of Central Australia: 79 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Amaranthaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 128 [secondary reference]

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

• APC Dist.: WA, NT

Bean, A.R. (11 November 2008), A synopsis of Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae) in eastern Australia. Telopea 12(2): 236 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus incanus (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus incanus (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate

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