Plants of the Fraser Coast Region

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Species information

Datura metel   L. WEED

This introduced shrub is commonly known as hairy thornapple.

Datura metel is described as a "dicot" in the Solanaceae 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.

A medium priority locally significant invasive plant listed in the Fraser Coast Regional Council Local Government Area Biosecurity Plan 2022.  

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.


Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.


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