Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 447 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Germaniae, Helvetiae, Angliae, Galliae inundatis."

Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1828), Lythrarieae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 3: 81 [secondary reference]

Don, G. (October 1832), A General History of Dichlamydeous Plants 2: 711 [secondary reference]

Gray, A. (1854), United States Exploring Expedition Phanerogamia 1: 606 [secondary reference]

Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11): cvii [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 299 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Lythrum thymifolia L. legitimate

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: 79 [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: 64 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 49 [secondary reference]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 59 [secondary reference]

Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3): 398 [secondary reference]

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]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 128 [secondary reference]

common name: Small Loosestrife [n/a]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 214 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 401 [secondary reference]

common name: Lesser Loosestrife [n/a]

Domin, K. (1928), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 995 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 599, Fig. 792 [secondary reference]

common name: Lesser Loosestrife [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: 172 [secondary reference]

common name: Lesser Loosestrife [n/a]

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 227 [secondary reference]

common name: Hyssop Loosestrife [n/a]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 262 [secondary reference]

common name: Hyssop Loosestrife [n/a]

Mitchell, A.S. (15 October 1976), A summary of the family Lythraceae in the Northern Territory (with additional comments on Australian material). Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 1(1): 58 [secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 509-510 [secondary reference]

common name: Loosestrife [n/a] common name: Hyssop-leaved Loosestrife [n/a] common name: Small Loosestrife [n/a] common name: Lesser Loosestrife [n/a] common name: Hyssop Loosestrife [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 142 [secondary reference]

Mitchell, A.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Lythraceae. Flora of Central Australia: 234, Fig. 276 [secondary reference]

common name: Lesser loosestrife [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 119 [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): 139 [secondary reference]

common name: Hyssop loosestrife [n/a]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Lythraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 116-117, Fig. 15B [secondary reference]

common name: Lesser Loosestrife [n/a]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 45 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Lythraceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 367, Fig. 132 [secondary reference]

common name: Lesser Loosestrife [n/a]

Williams, K.A.W. (1987), Native Plants of Queensland 3: 196 [secondary reference]

common name: Lesser Loosestrife [n/a]

Hewson, H.J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Lythrum. Flora of Australia 18: 102, Fig 33, Map 152 [secondary reference]

Highet, J. & Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Lythraceae. Flora of New South Wales 2: 200 [secondary reference]

common name: Hyssop Loosestrife [n/a]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 200 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Lythraceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 911, Fig. 185i-j [secondary reference]

common name: Small Loosestrife [n/a] common name: Lesser Loosestrife [n/a]

Lepschi, B.J. (1 August 2000), A review of the genus Lythrum (Lythraceae) in Western Australia, including typification of L. paradoxum. Nuytsia 13(2): 274-275, Fig. 1 (map) [secondary reference]

Highet, J. & Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Lythraceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 235 [secondary reference]

common name: Hyssop Loosestrife [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 661-662 [secondary reference]

common name: Lesser Loosestrife [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Lythrum hyssopifolium W.A.Dixon orth. var.

• APC Comment: The status of this taxon on LHI and NI is uncertain, however it is treated as native in all other jurisdictions in which it occurs except for WA.
• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT, SA, Qld, NSW, LHI, NI, ACT, Vic, Tas

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: 320-321, photos 14-17 [secondary reference]

common name: Lesser Loosestrife [n/a]

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 53 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Lythrum hyssopifolium W.A.Dixon orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Lythrum thymifolia L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lythrum thymifolium Benth. orth. var.

• APC Comment: The status of this taxon on LHI and NI is uncertain, however it is treated as native in all other jurisdictions in which it occurs except for WA.
• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT, SA, Qld, NSW, LHI, NI, ACT, Vic, Tas

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