This native groundcover
is commonly known as
golden everlasting.
Xerochrysum bracteatum
is described as a "dicot"
in the
Asteraceae
family.
Flagged as a potential locally significant species in the Fraser Coast Region.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern.
Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
Uncommon in the Fraser Coast region recorded on K'gari (Fraser Island) and on the mainland near Tinnanbar and Tin Can Bay. Wide distribution elsewhere in Australia. Previously known as Helichrysum bracteatum (Australian Plant Census).
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/103288378.
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/144595121.
Collections from coastal sand dunes and dune swales including on K’gari tentatively assigned to Xerochrysum sp. North Stradbroke Island (L.Durrington 675)
(https://bioone.org/journals/australian-systematic-botany/volume-35/issue-2/SB21014/Theres-gold-in-them-thar-hills-Morphology-and-molecules-delimit/10.1071/SB21014.full).
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.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
