This native tree is commonly known as cotton tree.
Hibiscus tiliaceus is described as a "dicot" in the Malvaceae 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.
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.
Reported at 31 Fraser Coast localities: Aldershot, Beaver Rock, Bidwill, Boonooroo, Booral, Burrum Heads, Burrum River, Craignish, Dundathu, Dundowran Beach, Eli Waters, Granville, Howard, K'gari, Magnolia, Maryborough, Pacific Haven, Pialba, Point Vernon, Poona, River Heads, Scarness, Susan River, Teddington, Tinana, Tinana South, Tinnanbar, Toogoom, Torquay, Tuan, Urangan.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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