This native shrub is commonly known as rusty pittosporum.
Pittosporum tinifolium is described as a "dicot" in the Pittosporaceae 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.
Natural distribution is north of Bundaberg. Previously known as Pittosporum ferrugineum subsp. linifolium (Australian Plant Name Index).
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census but is not listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.
Reported at 5 Fraser Coast localities: Bidwill, Glenwood, Point Vernon, Toogoom, Urraween.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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