This native groundcover is commonly known as fairy aprons.
Utricularia dichotoma subsp. fontana is described as a "dicot" in the Lentibulariaceae 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.
Listed as a special least concern species in Queensland (https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/plants/protected-plants/harvesting). New subspecies included in Queensland Flora Census 2023.
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: Craignish, Poona, Talegalla Weir, Tinnanbar, Tuan Forest.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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