This introduced groundcover is commonly known as purple top.
Verbena bonariensis is described as a "dicot" in the Verbenaceae 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.
Queensland Census records in Darling Downs, Moreton and Port Curtis districts.
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 8 Fraser Coast localities: Maryborough, Mount Urah, Prawle, River Heads, Tinana, Tinnanbar, Urraween, Yengarie.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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