Monotoca
sp. (Fraser Island P.Baxter 777)
This native shrub
is commonly known as
tall broom heath.
Monotoca sp. (Fraser Island P.Baxter 777)
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.
Tall shrub 3m, dull green leaves, glaucous beneath. White flowers. Whitish fruits, eaten by insect-eating birds (https://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/076cb169-731a-433f-8970-574b652232d0).
Similar to Monotoca elliptica. See discussion at https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/178639263.
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: Toogoom, Poona, K'gari.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
