This native groundcover
is commonly known as
common joyweed.
Alternanthera nodiflora
is described as a "dicot"
in the
Amaranthaceae
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.
Widely distributed across much of Australia.
It has not been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is not
listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 1 Fraser Coast locality: Urraween.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH