Willdenow, C.L. in Schultes, J.A. (1819), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 16, 5: xxxi, 406 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 162 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 27 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 48 [secondary reference]

Britton, N.L. & Millspaugh, C.F. (1920), Bahama Flora: 137 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Drymaria arenarioides Roemer & Schultes

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 233 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: From Greek drymos, a forest: alluding to the habitat.

Duke, J.A. (1961), Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 48: 173-268 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 97 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 113-114 [secondary reference]

Doust, A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 265 [secondary reference]

Bittrich, V. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1993), Caryophyllaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2: 220 [secondary reference]

Doust, A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 265 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 290 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

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