Bentham, G. in Mitchell, T.L. (1848), Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia: 386 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not cited).

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 184 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 38 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1886), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 3: 4 [secondary reference]

Tate, R. (1890), A Handbook of the Flora of Extratropical South Australia: 66, 223 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 133 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 306 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 735 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 448 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Crotalaria eremaea F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Crotalaria strehlowii E.Pritz. legitimate

• Etymology: "The specific name means "with distant flowers.""

Chippendale, G.M. & Murray, L.R. (1963), Poisonous Plants of the Northern Territory: 44, Fig. 20 [secondary reference]

common name: Loose-flowered Rattlepod [n/a]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 448 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Crotalaria eremaea F.Muell. legitimate

Lee, A.T. (16 November 1978), Some species of Crotalaria in Australia. Telopea 1(5): 328-333 [secondary reference]

• Type: as "Baloon [Balonne] R [Queensland–Maranoa], Mitchell, 17 Nov. 1846 (No. 459, K, print at NSW of CSIRO Neg. No. 1118)."

Crisp, M.D. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Papilionaceae (Fabaceae) - most genera. Flora of Central Australia: 153 [secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 387 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 119 [secondary reference]

Lee, A.T. & Thompson, J. (1984), Fabaceae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 101(2): 147-148 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Fabaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 275 [secondary reference]

common name: Grey Rattlepod [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 93 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Papilionaceae (Fabaceae). Flora of the Kimberley Region: 382, Fig. 113D [secondary reference]

common name: Grey Rattlepod [n/a]

Holland, A.E. (30 September 2002), A review of Crotalaria L. (Fabaceae: Crotalarieae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 6(2): 308 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW

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

misapplied to: Crotalaria eremaea F.Muell. subsp. eremaea legitimate by Tate, R. (1890), A Handbook of the Flora of Extratropical South Australia: 66, 223

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Crotalaria eremaea F.Muell. subsp. eremaea legitimate by Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 306

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Crotalaria eremaea F.Muell. subsp. eremaea legitimate by Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 448

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