This introduced groundcover
is commonly known as
purple top.
Verbena bonariensis
is described as a "dicot"
in the
Verbenaceae
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.
Queensland Census records in Darling Downs, Moreton and Port Curtis districts.
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 8 Fraser Coast localities: Prawle, Urraween, River Heads, Tinnanbar, Tinana, Maryborough, Mount Urah, Yengarie.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
