This introduced groundcover is commonly known as common stylo.
Stylosanthes guianensis is described as a "dicot" in the Leguminosae family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is not classified as it is not native to Queensland. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
See Stylosanthes guianensis var. guianensis. Naturalised plants in Australia referable to the typical variety (Austrobaileya 3(2): 1990).
A relatively upright (i.e. erect) shrubby plant growing 0.5-1.5 m tall. Its stems are covered in short soft hairs as well as stiff yellow or reddish bristly hairs. Its small fruit are hairless (i.e. glabrous) and are topped with a very inconspicuous hook (less than 1 mm long). (https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/stylosanthes_scabra.htm)
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census but is not listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.
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Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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