This native groundcover
is commonly known as
pomax.
Pomax abunda
is described as a "dicot"
in the
Rubiaceae
family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern.
Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
Described in 2025. Plant with erect stems, not rooting at nodes; leaves elliptic with up to 2 or 3 pairs of lateral veins; stipules (short triangular) mostly erect, up to 1.8 mm long; habitat inland (Ngugi, L.B. & Forster, P.I. (2025). Pomax abunda Ngugi and P. beanii Ngugi (Rubiaceae), two new species from Eastern Australia. Austrobaileya 15: 52−70.).
It has not been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census
listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
