This native groundcover
is commonly known as
silky pruple flag.
Patersonia sericea var. sericea
is described as a "monocot"
in the
Iridaceae
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.
Dark blue almost purple flowers with silky hairy bracts below (Wildflowers of the Cooloola-Noosa Area, Arthur Harrold).
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 the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 23 Fraser Coast localities: Mount Urah, Bidwill, Yerra, Tinana, Tinnanbar, Talegalla Weir, Tandora, K'gari, Burrum Town, Aldershot, Susan River, Poona, Boonooroo Plains, Tuan Forest, St Mary, Walliebum, Walligan, Urangan, Sunshine Acres, Dunmora, Maryborough West, Takura, Duckinwilla.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
