Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 892 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Aethiopia nunc in Frisiae inundatis prope Emdon. Moebringio teste."

Hooker, J.D. (6 September 1852), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae 1(2): 127 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (20 October 1853), First general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 14 [secondary reference]

Hooker, J.D. (17 October 1856), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 1(3): 191 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 549 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 83 [secondary reference]

Tate, R. (1880), A Census of the Indigenous Flowering Plants and Ferns of Extra-Tropical South Australia. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 3: 71 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 84 [secondary reference]

Anonymous (1906), Journal of Botany, British and Foreign: 235 [secondary reference]

• Text: as "? Cotula coronopifolia"

Brown, R. in Britten, J. (1906), Plantae introductae vicinitatis Portus Jackson, in Introduced Plants at Sydney, 1802-4. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 44: 235 [secondary reference]

• Text: as "? Cotula coronopifolia".

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 190 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 272 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 98, 99 Plate XXXVII [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 607, Fig. 265 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 881, Fig. 1181 [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: 377 [secondary reference]

common name: Waterbuttons [n/a]

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 356, Fig. 83, 74F [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cotula integrifolia Hook.f. nom. illeg.

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 303 [secondary reference]

Aston, H.I. (1973), Aquatic Plants of Australia: 63-65 [secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 670 [secondary reference]

common name: Waterbuttons [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 76 [secondary reference]

Jessop, J.P. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Compositae (Asteraceae) - most genera. Flora of Central Australia: 382-383, Fig. 488 [secondary reference]

common name: Water-buttons [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 165 [secondary reference]

Gray, M. & Michael, P.W. (1986), List of plants collected at the old Flemington Saleyards, Sydney, New South Wales. Plant Protection Quarterly 1(4): 137 [secondary reference]

common name: Waterbuttons [n/a]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Asteraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 568-569 [secondary reference]

Lander, N.S. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Asteraceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 674-675, Fig. 248 [secondary reference]

common name: Waterbuttons [n/a]

Brown, E.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Asteraceae p.p. Flora of New South Wales 3: 291 [secondary reference]

common name: Water Buttons [n/a]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Asteraceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 932, Fig. 190b [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cotula integrifolia Hook.f. nom. illeg. common name: Water-buttons [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 503 [secondary reference]

common name: Waterbuttons [n/a]

Bean, A.R. (26 February 2007), A new system for determining which plant species are indigenous in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 20(1): 18, Fig. 13 (map) [secondary reference]

Thompson, I.R. (22 May 2007), A taxonomic treatment of tribe Anthemideae (Asteraceae) in Australia. Muelleria 25: 50 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cotula integrifolia Hook.f. nom. illeg. common name: Water-buttons [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cotula integrifolia Hook.f. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Cotula sp. Kalbarri (G.J.Keighery & N.Gibson 2044) WA Herbarium [n/a]

• APC Comment: A probable hybrid between Cotula coronopifolia and C. australis has been recorded from Tas (see I.R.Thompson, Muelleria 25: 50 (2007)).
• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Powell, R.F., Boatwright, J.S. & Magee, A.R. (2014), A taxonomic revision of the Cotula coronopifolia group (Asteraceae) and implications for the conservation statuses of the species. South African Journal of Botany 93: 114-117, Figs 1M, 4G3, 11 (map) [secondary reference]

Thompson, I.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Asteraceae Subfam. Asteroideae Trib. 3. Anthemideae. Flora of Australia 37: 363, Fig. 46H-N, map [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cotula integrifolia Hook.f. nom. illeg. common name: Water-buttons [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: 46 [secondary reference]

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 13 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cotula integrifolia Hook.f. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Cotula coronopifolia var. integrifolia Rodway legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cotula integrifolia Hook.f. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Cotula coronopifolia var. integrifolia Rodway legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cotula sp. Kalbarri (G.J.Keighery & N.Gibson 2044) WA Herbarium [n/a]

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

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