This introduced groundcover is commonly known as narrow-leaf cotton-bush.
Gomphocarpus fruticosus is described as a "dicot" in the Apocynaceae 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.
One Fraser Coast region WildNet record. Reported at Mount Bauple.
It has not been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census but is listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.
Reported at 2 Fraser Coast localities: Bauple, Maryborough.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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