Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 66 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Habitat in Angliae, Germaniae. Galliae glareosis.

Weber, G. in Wiggers, F.H. (1780), Primitiae Florae Holsaticae: 10 [basionym]

basionym of: Avena caryophyllea (L.) Weber legitimate

Salisbury, R.A. (1796), Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton Vigentium: 25 [basionym]

basionym of: Agrostis caryophyllea (L.) Salisb. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(64): 137 [secondary reference]

Turner, F. (1890), A Census of the Grasses of New South Wales, together with a popular description of each species: 2 [secondary reference]

common name: Silver-haired Grass [n/a]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 266 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 624 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 72 [secondary reference]

common name: Silvery Hairgrass [n/a]

Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 9 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 102 [secondary reference]

common name: Silvery Hair-grass [n/a]

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 39 [secondary reference]

common name: Silver grass [n/a]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 539 [secondary reference]

common name: Silvery Hair Grass [n/a]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 36, Fig.29a. [secondary reference]

common name: Silvery Hair-Grass [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: SIlvery Hairgrass [n/a]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 121, Fig. 19F [secondary reference]

common name: Silvery Hairgrass [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & McClay, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Aira. Flora of New South Wales 4: 595 [secondary reference]

common name: Silvery Hairgrass [n/a]

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 246-247, Fig. 80A [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Avena caryophyllea (L.) Weber legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Agrostis caryophyllea (L.) Salisb. legitimate

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 460, Fig. 90e [secondary reference]

common name: Silvery Hair-grass [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 396 [secondary reference]

common name: Silvery Hairgrass [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Comment: Infraspecific rank not recognised in Tas.
• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (formerly naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 112 (fig.) [secondary reference]

common name: SIlvery Hairgrass [n/a]

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 368 [secondary reference]

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