This introduced groundcover
is commonly known as
rhoea.
Tradescantia spathacea
is described as a "monocot"
in the
Commelinaceae
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.
All Queensland Flora Census records from north Queensland. As at 01/07/2016 listed as a non-declared environmental weed in the Fraser Coast region.
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 2 Fraser Coast localities: Beelbi Creek, Maryborough.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
