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Plants of the Fraser Coast Region

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Trianthema portulacastrum     L.

This introduced groundcover is commonly known as black pigweed.

Trianthema portulacastrum is described as a "dicot" in the Aizoaceae family.

In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is not classified as it is not native to Queensland. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.

https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/192186205. Recorded at scattered locations throughout Queensland but not in the Fraser Coast region.  

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.


             AVH

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