Ewart, A.J., White, J. & Rees, B. (1909), Contributions to the Flora of Australia No. 11. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 22(1): 13, t. VI. [tax. nov.]

• Type: Gilruthia osbornei Ewart & J.R.White

• Etymology: "...(after Professor... Gilruth)."

Anderberg, A.A. (1991), Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Tribe Gnaphalieae (Asteraceae). Opera Botanica 104: 125 [secondary reference]

Anderberg, A.A., Baldwin, B.G., Bayer, R.G., Breitwieser, I., Jeffrey, C., Dillon, M.O., Eldenäs, P., Funk, V., Garcia-Jacas, N., Hind, D.J.N., Karis, P.O., Lack, H.W., Nesom, G., Nordenstam, B., Oberprieler, C., Panero, J.J., Puttock, C., Robinson, H., Stuessy, T.F., Susanna, A., Urtubey, E., Vogt, R., Ward, J. & Watson, L.E. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2007), Compositae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 8: 265-266 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 359 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA

Short, P.S. (15 December 2016), Notes concerning the classification of species included in Calocephalus R.Br. s.lat. and Gnephosis Cass. s.lat. (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae), with descriptions of new genera and species. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 29: 187-188 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "The generic name and the specific epithet were named for two of Ewart’s colleagues at Melbourne University, Professor John Anderson Gilruth (1871– 1937) and Professor William A. Osborne (1873–1967)."

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