Mueller, F.J.H. von (1853), Diagnoses et descriptiones plantarum novarum, quas in Nova Hollandia australi praecipue in regionibus interioribus. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 25: 404 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In planitiebus collibusque siccis ad bases orientales tractus montani Flinders-range, montem Brownii versus."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (24 October 1854), Second general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the Colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 12 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 580 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 83 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1885), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 2: 4 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1886), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 3: 5 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 188 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 268 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 651 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 931 [secondary reference]

Williams, K.A.W. (1980), Native Plants of Queensland Edn. 2, 1: 76 [secondary reference]

common name: Golden Wind-plant [n/a] common name: Soft Billy-buttons [n/a]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 707 [secondary reference]

common name: Soft Billy-buttons [n/a]

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

Short, P.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Compositae (Craspedia to Actinobole). Flora of Central Australia: 386 [secondary reference]

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

Doust, A.N. & Everett, J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Pycnosorus. Flora of New South Wales 3: 261 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pycnosorus pleiocephalus (F.Muell.) J.Everett & Doust legitimate

Everett, J. & Doust, A.N.L. (ed.) (30 September 1992), New species and new combinations in Pycnosorus (Asteraceae - Gnaphalieae). Telopea 5(1): 39 [basionym]

basionym of: Pycnosorus pleiocephalus (F.Muell.) J.Everett & Doust legitimate

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Asteraceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 764 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pycnosorus pleiocephalus (F.Muell.) J.Everett & Doust legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Craspedia plejocephala F.Muell. orth. var.

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Pycnosorus pleiocephalus (F.Muell.) J.Everett & Doust legitimate

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