Sprengel, C.P.J. (1825), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 2: 743 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Phlomis cephalotes Roth legitimate

Anonymous (1981), Annual Report for 1980/81. Annual Report of the Botany Branch and the Queensland Herbarium: 28 [secondary reference]

Forster, P.I. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (2002), Lamiaceae. Names and Distribution of Queensland Plants, Algae and Lichens: 95 [secondary reference]

Bean, A.R. (March 2004), Notes on Leucas R.Br. (Lamiaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 118: 2 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Phlomis cephalotes Roth legitimate

• Text: "...apparently sparingly naturalised in Queensland, based on the two collections at BRI, made in 1968 and 1991, both from near Bowen."

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Phlomis cephalotes Roth legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised)

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