Levyns, M.R.B. (1941), Journal of South African Botany 7: 133 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Levyns 6775, Kennilworth Racecourse (Bolus Herbarium)."

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 880-881 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cotula filifolia var. decumbens Harv. legitimate

Willis, J.H. (1957), Vascular flora of Victoria and South Australia (sundry new species, varieties, combinations, records and synonymies) continued. The Victorian Naturalist 73(11): 201 [secondary reference]

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

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

• APC Dist.: SA, Vic, Tas

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: 111-112, Figs 4 C2, 8 (map) [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "[Western Cape] without precise locality, Cape of Good Hope [Cap. Bonae Spae], Wallich c.n. (TCD, lecto. -image! designated here, K-image! isolecto.)."

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

taxonomic synonym: Cotula filifolia var. decumbens Harv. legitimate

• APC Dist.: SA, Vic, Tas

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