This native shrub is commonly known as pepperleaf senna.
Senna barclayana is described as a "dicot" in the Leguminosae 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.
Widespread elsewhere in Qld outside of the Fraser Coast region. The nearest record is at Goomeri. Previously regarded as a weed species that may be poisonous to stock (Weeds of Queensland. 1977. Kleinschmidt and Johnson).
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.
Reported at 5 Fraser Coast localities: Doongul, Gigoomgan, Gootchie, Kanigan, Tinana.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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