This native shrub is commonly known as daisy-bush.
Pluchea xanthina is described as a "dicot" in the Asteraceae 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.
The name Pluchea dioscoridis has been misapplied to this species in the past. Distribution is north-west of the Fraser Coast region (A.R. Bean Austrobaileya Vol. 8, No. 3 (2011), pp. 340-346). One record from near Maryborough.
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.
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Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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