Presl, J.S. & Presl, C.B. (1819), Flora Cechica: 94 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Arenaria rubra L. legitimate

Gray, A. (1854), United States Exploring Expedition Phanerogamia 1: 121 [secondary reference]

Hooker, J.D. (24 October 1855), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 1(1): 42 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1862), Thalamiflorae. The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1: 207-208 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Arenaria rubra L. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Lepigonum rubrum (L.) Wahlb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Arenaria media L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Arenaria marina (L.) All. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Arenaria campestris (L.) All. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Arenaria marginata DC. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Spergularia salina J.Presl & C.Presl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lepigonum marinum (L.) Wahlb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Spergularia rupestris Cambess. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Spergularia marginata Kitt. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Lepigonum laxiflorum Bartl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lepigonum anceps Bartl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lepigonum brevifolium Bartl. legitimate

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 161-162 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Arenaria rubra L. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Lepigonum rubrum (L.) Wahlb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Arenaria media L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Spergularia rupestris Cambess. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lepigonum laxiflorum Bartl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lepigonum anceps Bartl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lepigonum brevifolium Bartl. 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: 76 [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: 56 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 27 [secondary reference]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 13 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 76 [secondary reference]

common name: Sand Spurrey [n/a]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 48 [secondary reference]

common name: Common Sand Spurry [n/a]

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 232-233 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Spergularia campestris (L.) Asch. legitimate

Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 652 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Spergularia marginata Kitt. nom. illeg. by Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 161-162

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 356-357, Fig. 515 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Arenaria rubra L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Arenaria rubra var. α campestris L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Spergularia campestris (L.) Asch. legitimate

Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 71 [secondary reference]

common name: Sand Spurrey [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: 152 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 75 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Arenaria rubra L. legitimate common name: Sand Spurrey [n/a]

Carolin, R.C. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 46, Fig. 72 [secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 306 [secondary reference]

common name: Red Sandspurrey [n/a] common name: Sandspurrey [n/a]

• Comment: Treated as Spergularia rubra s. lat.

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 98 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 115 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Arenaria rubra L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Spergularia campestris (L.) Asch. legitimate common name: Sand Spurry [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 77 [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): 138 [secondary reference]

common name: Sand spurry [n/a]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 17 [secondary reference]

Doust, A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 263-264 [secondary reference]

common name: Sandpurry [n/a]

Adams, L.G. & West, J.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Spergularia. Flora of Victoria 3: 260-261, Fig. 50g [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Arenaria rubra L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Spergularia campestris (L.) Asch. legitimate common name: Red Sand-spurrey [n/a]

Doust, A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 263-264 [secondary reference]

common name: Sandspurry [n/a]

Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. in Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. (ed.) (2000), Flora of New South Wales Supplement 1: 29 [secondary reference]

Western Australian Herbarium (2007), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.5: - [secondary reference]

common name: Sand Spurry [n/a]

State Herbarium of South Australia (2008), Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Arenaria rubra L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Arenaria rubra var. α campestris L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Arenaria campestris (L.) All. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Spergularia rubra var. pinguis Fenzl legitimate common name: (Red) Sand-spurrey [n/a]

Adams, L.G., West, J.G. & Cowley, K.J. (22 October 2008), Revision of Spergularia (Caryophyllaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 21: 263-264, Figs 2C, D, 5 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Arenaria rubra var. α campestris L. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Arenaria rubra L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Arenaria campestris (L.) All. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Spergularia campestris (L.) Asch. legitimate common name: Red Sand-spurrey [n/a]

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

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [secondary reference]

common name: Red Sand-spurrey [n/a] common name: Sandspurry [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: 30 [secondary reference]

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