This introduced groundcover is commonly known as Mullumbimby couch.
Cyperus brevifolius is described as a "monocot" in the Cyperaceae 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.
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 Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.
Reported at 17 Fraser Coast localities: Bauple Forest, Beaver Rock, Booral, Burrum Heads, Craignish, Dundowran Beach, Maryborough, Owanyilla, Point Vernon, River Heads, Sunshine Acres, Talegalla Weir, Tinana South, Tuan Forest, Urraween, Walligan, Yengarie.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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