Hudson, W. (1778), Flora Anglica Edn. 2: 353 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in pratis et pascuis humidis."

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 96 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cnicus pratensis Willd. legitimate

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 11 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 96

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 96

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