This native groundcover is commonly known as hydrocotyle.
Hydrocotyle elegans is described as a "dicot" in the Araliaceae family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
Bean AR (2024). Notes on the Queensland species of Hydrocotyle (Araliaceae). Australian Journal of Taxonomy 48: 1–5. doi: https://doi.org/10.54102/ajt.cok2e
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/80338999
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/80421089
It has not been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is not listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.
Reported at 1 Fraser Coast locality: Talegalla Weir.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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