Erickson, R.E. & Willis, J.H. (1956), New species and varieties of Stylidium from Western Australia. Muelleria 1(1): 11 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "WESTERN AUSTRALIA – Swamps about 2 miles west of Albany aerodrome (HOLOTYPE and PARATYPES in MEL, ISOTYPES in K and PERTH – Rica Erickson, 13 January 1953;"

common name: Tongue Trigger-plant [n/a]

• Etymology: Epithet in allusion to the position of the labellum.

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 161 [secondary reference]

Lowrie, A. & Carlquist, S. (1991), Studies in Stylidium from Western Australia: new taxa; rediscoveries and range extensions. Phytologia 71(1): 26 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Stylidium pygmaeum R.Br. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Stylidium pygmaeum R.Br. legitimate

Western Australian Herbarium (2011), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.6: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Stylidium pygmaeum R.Br. legitimate

Wege, J.A. (21 December 2011), A taxonomic revision of the Stylidium despectum group (Stylidiaceae) from southern Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 24(6): 393 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Stylidium pygmaeum R.Br. legitimate

Wege, J.A. (8 June 2017), Stylidium miscellany 3: a synopsis of Robert Brown’s Stylidiaceae types and occasional notes on associated names. Nuytsia 28: 242 [secondary reference]

• Type: "swamps c. 2 miles west of Albany aerodrome, Western Australia, 13 January 1953, R. Erickson s.n. (holotype: MEL 2295770A! [left hand specimen]; isotypes: K 000355212!, PERTH 02945630!, PERTH 01641034!, PERTH 01641042!)."

Wege, J.A. (8 June 2017), Stylidium miscellany 3: a synopsis of Robert Brown’s Stylidiaceae types and occasional notes on associated names. Nuytsia 28: 242 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Stylidium pygmaeum R.Br. legitimate

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