William Jackson Hooker,
Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Volume XIX…
“ Dryandra carduacea; ramis pubescentibus, foliis lanceolatis remote sinuato- spinoso-dentatis versus basin nunc spinoso-pinnatifidis, supra glabris subtus niveo-tomentosis, involucri glabri (floribus triplo minoris) foliolis arcte imbricatis erectis subulatis exterioribus latioribus nunc basin versus spinosis interioribus longioribus apice ciliatis, perianthiis sericeis, stylo basi glabro, stigmate parvo oblongo obtuso. Dryandra carduacea. Lindl. Swan River Bot. p. xxxiii. Meissn. in Pl. Preiss. p. 591. ”
