This introduced shrub is commonly known as urena burr.
Urena lobata is described as a "dicot" in the Malvaceae 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.
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 23 Fraser Coast localities: Bauple, Bauple Forest, Bidwill, Craignish, Dundowran Beach, Howard, Island Plantation, Kawungan, Mount Urah, Owanyilla, Point Vernon, River Heads, St Mary, Takura, Talegalla Weir, Tiaro, Tinana, Tinana South, Toogoom, Tuan Forest, Urraween, Walligan, Wondunna.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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