This introduced groundcover
is commonly known as
red-head cottonbush.
Asclepias curassavica
is described as a "dicot"
in the
Apocynaceae
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.
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 17 Fraser Coast localities: Sunshine Acres, Craignish, Dundowran Beach, Point Vernon, Pialba, River Heads, Bidwill, Yerra, Gigoomgan, Maryborough, Poona, Bauple, Urangan, Mount Urah, Booral, St Mary, Owanyilla.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
