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Plants of the Fraser Coast Region

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Species information

Hypoestes floribunda     R.Br.

This native groundcover is commonly known as musk-scented plant.

Hypoestes floribunda is described as a "dicot" in the Acanthaceae family.

Flagged as a potential locally significant species in the Fraser Coast Region. In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.

Records in Fraser Coast region restricted to Mount Bauple and Gootchie but common across north-eastern Australia. 

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 2 Fraser Coast localities: Bauple, Dundowran Beach.


Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.


             AVH

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