Gardner, C.A. (1943), Contributiones Florae Australiae Occidentalis, XI. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 27: 190 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "in distr. Irwin, inter Yaringa et Northampton, fl. m. Septem. W.E. Blackall 4724."

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 132 [secondary reference]

George, A.S. (19 June 1991), New taxa, combinations and typifications in Verticordia (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae). Nuytsia 7(3): 320 APC [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: (here chosen): between Yaringa and Northampton, Western Australia, 15 September 1940, W.E.Blackall 4714 (PERTH; isolecto: PERTH - 4 sheets).

• APC Comment: A hybrid possibly involving Verticordia etheliana and V. oculata has been recorded (A.S.George, Nuytsia 7:253 (1991))
• APC Dist.: WA

George, E.A. (2002), Verticordia: the turner of hearts: 398 [secondary reference]

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