This introduced shrub is commonly known as spotted heart.
Strobilanthes persicifolia is described as a "dicot" in the Acanthaceae 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.
Previously known in Queensland as Strobilanthes anisophylla (Census 2017).
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 1 Fraser Coast locality: Dundowran Beach.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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