Mitchell, A.S. (22 December 1980), A new species in Heliotropium (Boraginaceae) and a new combination in Abutilon (Malvaceae). Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 2(4): 357 [tax. nov.]

• Type: ""Between McDonnel's Range and the boundary of Qld." E. Flint, 1882. MEL 90932."

Mitchell, A.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Boraginaceae (except Halgania). Flora of Central Australia: 291 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 14 [secondary reference]

Craven, L.A. (13 September 1996), A taxonomic revision of Heliotropium (Boraginaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 9(4): 556-557, Fig. 14 (map) [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

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

Frohlich, M.W., Thulin, M. & Chase, M.W. (24 February 2020), Ninety-three new combinations in Euploca for species of Heliotropium section Orthostachys (Boraginaceae sensu APG). Phytotaxa 434(1): 16 [basionym]

basionym of: Euploca flintii (F.Muell. ex A.S.Mitch.) M.W.Frohl. & M.W.Chase legitimate

Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (21 March 2023), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2022. Nuytsia 34: 11 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Euploca flintii (F.Muell. ex A.S.Mitch.) M.W.Frohl. & M.W.Chase legitimate

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