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 Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.
Reported at 20 Fraser Coast localities: Aldershot, Bidwill, Boonooroo Plains, Burrum Town, Dunmora, K'gari, Mount Urah, Poona, St Mary, Sunshine Acres, Susan River, Talegalla Weir, Tandora, Tinana, Tinnanbar, Tuan Forest, Urangan, Walliebum, Walligan, Yerra.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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