Senna
pendula var. glabrata
(Vogel) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
WEED
This introduced shrub
is commonly known as
Easter cassia.
Senna pendula var. glabrata
is described as a "dicot"
in the
Leguminosae
family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is not classified as it is not native to Queensland.
Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
Listed as an invasive plant under the Biosecurity Act 2014 but not prohibited or restricted. As at 01/07/2016 declared as a Local Law Pest Plant for the Fraser Coast region for K'gari (Fraser Island) area only. Listed as a non-declared environmental weed elsewhere in the Fraser Coast region.
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 29 Fraser Coast localities: Dundathu, River Heads, Booral, Dundowran Beach, Burrum Heads, Torquay, Point Vernon, Duckinwilla, Dundowran, Toogoom, Yengarie, Kawungan, Urraween, Craignish, Howard, Urangan, Pialba, Maryborough, Tuan Forest, Bidwill, Bauple, Tuan, Tinana, Poona, Talegalla Weir, Granville, K'gari, Burrum Town, Gundiah.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH