This introduced groundcover
is commonly known as
inch plant.
Callisia repens
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.
Spread from dumped garden waste.
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 7 Fraser Coast localities: Yengarie, Dundowran Beach, Urangan, Glenwood, Point Vernon, Maryborough, Toogoom.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
