This introduced groundcover
is commonly known as
pom pom asparagus fern.
Asparagus macowanii
is described as a "monocot"
in the
Asparagaceae
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.
Previously known as Asparagus retrofractus. Name misapplied in Australia (Queensland Flora Census 2014).
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census but is not
listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 3 Fraser Coast localities: Yengarie, Dundathu, Maryborough.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
