This native shrub is commonly known as smooth ruby saltbush.
Enchylaena tomentosa var. glabra is described as a "dicot" in the Chenopodiaceae 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.
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 10 Fraser Coast localities: Burrum Heads, Dundowran Beach, Eli Waters, Pialba, Point Vernon, Poona, River Heads, Tinnanbar, Toogoom, Tuan.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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