This native shrub
is commonly known as
wallum beard heath.
Agiortia pedicellata
is described as a "dicot"
in the
Ericaceae
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.
Northern limit of main distribution is coastal Fraser Coast region and K'gari (Fraser Island). An outlying record to the north at Byfield. Agiorta distinguished from Leucopogon by flowers in racemes not spikes (Spikes have flowers that are sessile) (Stanley and Ross. 1986. Flora of south-eastern Queensland, Volume 2).
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 3 Fraser Coast localities: Poona, Tinnanbar, Boonooroo Plains.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
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