This native shrub is commonly known as prickly-leaved paperbark.
Melaleuca nodosa is described as a "dicot" in the Myrtaceae 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 26 Fraser Coast localities: Beaver Rock, Beelbi Creek, Boonooroo Plains, Booral, Burrum Heads, Cherwell, Craignish, Dundowran, Dundowran Beach, Dunmora, Eli Waters, Granville, Howard, Pacific Haven, Point Vernon, Sunshine Acres, Takura, Talegalla Weir, Tinana, Toogoom, Tuan, Tuan Forest, Urangan, Urraween, Walliebum, Walligan.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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