This native shrub
is commonly known as
devils needles.
Solanum stelligerum
is described as a "dicot"
in the
Solanaceae
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.
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 38 Fraser Coast localities: Dundowran, Pacific Haven, Craignish, Booral, Wondunna, Susan River, Takura, Urraween, Prawle, Duckinwilla, River Heads, Howard, Yengarie, Kawungan, Urangan, Mount Urah, Bidwill, Teddington, Yerra, Antigua, Glenorchy, Tinana, Bauple, Malarga, Talegalla Weir, Magnolia, Boompa, Tuan Forest, Tandora, Owanyilla, Doongul, Walkers Point, Gundiah, St Mary, Burrum Heads, Tinana South, Point Vernon, Tiaro.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
