This introduced vine or climber
is commonly known as
star of Bethlehem.
Ipomoea quamoclit
is described as a "dicot"
in the
Convolvulaceae
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.
Reported as a weed of cultivation at Tinana South and Magnolia.
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 the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 4 Fraser Coast localities: Magnolia, Bidwill, Tinana, Tiaro.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
