This native groundcover
is commonly known as
pink bindweed.
Polymeria calycina
is described as a "dicot"
in the
Convolvulaceae
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.
Flowering Yengarie March 2016. Both broad-leaved and very narrow leaved forms occur (Glenn Leiper, Jan Glazebrook, Denis Cox & Kerry Rathie. 2008. Mangroves to Mountains).
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 the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 23 Fraser Coast localities: Prawle, Yengarie, Craignish, Poona, Tinnanbar, K'gari, Walkers Point, Talegalla Weir, Takura, Tandora, Booral, Walligan, Bauple Forest, Brooweena, Antigua, Granville, Beaver Rock, Gootchie, Tiaro, Teebar, Point Vernon, Magnolia, Sunshine Acres.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
