This native groundcover is commonly known as common joyweed.
Alternanthera nodiflora is described as a "dicot" in the Amaranthaceae 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.
Widely distributed across much of Australia.
It has not been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is not listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.
Reported at 1 Fraser Coast locality: Urraween.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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