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Plants of the Fraser Coast Region

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Leonotis nepetifolia     (L.) R.Br.

This introduced groundcover is commonly known as lion's ear.

Leonotis nepetifolia is described as a "dicot" in the Lamiaceae 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/73380172, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/173366420. Also reported at Glenbar National Park just outside Fraser Coast region. Flowering May 2018. 

It has not been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is not listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.

Reported at 1 Fraser Coast locality: Kanigan.


Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.


             AVH

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