Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 62 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Europa."

Ewart, A.J. (1908), Contributions to the Flora of Australia No. VIII. The Victorian Naturalist 24(12): 190 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 535 [secondary reference]

common name: Creeping Bent [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 36 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 30 [secondary reference]

Bennett, E.M. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Poaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 935 [secondary reference]

common name: Creeping Bent [n/a] common name: Marsh Bent [n/a]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 127, Fig. 20D [secondary reference]

common name: Creeping Bent [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Hastings, S.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Agrostis. Flora of New South Wales 4: 573 [secondary reference]

common name: Creeping Bent [n/a]

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 262, Fig. 84 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Agrostis filifolia Link legitimate common name: Creeping Bent [n/a]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 469-470 [secondary reference]

common name: Creeping Bent [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 395 [secondary reference]

common name: Marsh Bent [n/a] common name: Creeping Bent [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 111 (fig.) [secondary reference]

common name: Creeping Bent [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Agrostis. Flora of Australia 44A: 165-166 APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Agrostis palustris Huds. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Agrostis alba L. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 576 common name: Creeping Bent [n/a]

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

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