Vriese, W.H. de in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1845), Goodeniaceae. Plantae Preissianae 1(3): 403 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In solo limoso-calculoso sylvae districtus York, d. 12 m. Sept. 1839. Herb. Preiss. No. 1481."

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 115 [secondary reference]

Krause, K. in Engler, H.G.A. (1912), Goodeniaceae. Das Pflanzenreich IV, 54(277): 186-187 [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): 201 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "In solo limoso-calculoso sylvae dsistrictus York, Preiss 1481, 12 Sept. 1830 (LD 0493). ISOLECTOTYPE: MEL 516672*."

Rajput, M.T.M. & Carolin, R.C. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1992), Dampiera. Flora of Australia 35: 64 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dampiera lavandulacea Lindl. legitimate

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