This native groundcover
is commonly known as
shotgrass.
Paspalidium distans
is described as a "monocot"
in the
Poaceae
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.
In Plants of the World online (Kew) known as Setaria distans.
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 21 Fraser Coast localities: Duckinwilla, Cherwell, River Heads, Mount Urah, Tuan Forest, Burrum Heads, Talegalla Weir, Poona, Takura, Point Vernon, Walligan, Bauple Forest, Owanyilla, Sunshine Acres, Tiaro, Teebar, Urraween, Tinana, Boompa, Beelbi Creek, Teddington.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
