This native groundcover is commonly known as native peperomia.
Peperomia leptostachya is described as a "dicot" in the Piperaceae 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.
In Queensland previously known as Peperomia blanda var. floribunda (Queensland Flora Census 2021).
It has not been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census but is listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.
Reported at 13 Fraser Coast localities: Bauple, Brooweena, Craignish, Dundowran Beach, Gigoomgan, Gunalda, Magnolia, Malarga, Mount Urah, River Heads, St Mary, Teddington, Toogoom.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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