This native vine or climber
is commonly known as
rusty vine.
Leichhardtia racemosa
is described as a "dicot"
in the
Apocynaceae
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.
Reclassified from Near Threatened to Least Concern in Queensland 2014. Recorded at Dundowran Beach. Previously known as Marsdenia hemiptera (Queensland Flora Census 2021). https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/66999277
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.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH