Pursh, F.T. (1814), Flora Americae Septentrionalis 2: 607 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "On the Yellow-stone river. M. Lewis ... July v.s. in Herb. Lewis."

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 456 [secondary reference]

common name: White-margined Spurge [n/a] common name: Ghost Weed [n/a] common name: Snow-on-the-mountain [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 116 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 107 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 450 [secondary reference]

common name: Snow-on-the-mountain [n/a]

James, T.A. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 425 [secondary reference]

common name: Snow-on-the-Mountains [n/a]

James, T.A. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 425 [secondary reference]

common name: Snow-on-the-Mountains [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (doubtfully naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

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