Benl, G. (15 December 1959), New species and varieties of Ptilotus R.Br. (Amaranthaceae). Muelleria 1(2): 107, Fig. 4 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "WESTERN AUSTRALIA – near King Sound (holotype of variety in MEL, ISOTYPES in NSW and K – W.W. Froggatt, 1887);"

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Amaranthaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 130 [secondary reference]

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

• APC Dist.: WA

Davis, R.W. (7 November 2011), An assessment of some infraspecific taxa in Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae) from Western Australia. Nuytsia 21(3): 105 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus lanatus A.Cunn. ex Moq. legitimate

Biggs, L.J. & Parker, C.M. (21 November 2013), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2012. Nuytsia 23: 519 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus lanatus A.Cunn. ex Moq. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus lanatus A.Cunn. ex Moq. legitimate

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