Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1839), Stylideae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 7(2): 784 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "in Novâ-Hollandiâ ad Swan-river legit cl. Drummond! ... (v.s. à cl. inv.)"

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 31 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Stylidium breviscapum R.Br. legitimate

Lowrie, A.S., Burbidge, A.H. & Kenneally, K.F. (17 December 1999), A taxonomic revision of the creeping triggerplants (Stylidiaceae: Stylidium sect. Appressae) from southern Australia. Nuytsia 13(1): 103-106, Fig. 4 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: The epithet eriopodum is from the Greek erio - wool and podos - foot in reference to the woolly peduncles.

Western Australian Herbarium (2011), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.6: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA

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