This introduced shrub is commonly known as periwinkle.
Catharanthus roseus is described as a "dicot" in the Apocynaceae 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.
Also reported on Big Woody Island (https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/206507557).
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 16 Fraser Coast localities: Bauple, Boompa, Booral, Craignish, Dundowran Beach, Great Sandy Strait, Kanigan, Magnolia, Mount Urah, Mungar, Nikenbah, Point Vernon, Talegalla Weir, Teddington, Tinana, Toogoom.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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