Walpers, W.G. (July 1844), Repertorium Botanices Systematicae 3(2): 309 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Manulea divaricata Thunb. legitimate

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 509 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 767, Fig. 1097 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 150 [secondary reference]

Barker, W.R. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Scrophulariaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 506, Fig. 98e APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Zaluzianskia divaricata J.M.Black & E.L.Robertson orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Manulea divaricata Thunb. legitimate common name: Spreading Night-phlox [n/a]

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 534 [secondary reference]

common name: Spreading Night Phlox [n/a]

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