This native groundcover is commonly known as barbed-wire grass.
Cymbopogon refractus is described as a "monocot" in the Poaceae 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 and is listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 52 Fraser Coast localities: Antigua, Bauple, Bauple Forest, Bidwill, Boompa, Booral, Burrum Heads, Craignish, Doongul, Duckinwilla, Dundathu, Dundowran Beach, Gigoomgan, Glenwood, Gootchie, Granville, Great Sandy Strait, Kanigan, Kawungan, K'gari, Magnolia, Malarga, Maryborough, Maryborough West, Mount Urah, Owanyilla, Pacific Haven, Paterson, Pialba, Point Vernon, Poona, Prawle, River Heads, St Mary, Sunshine Acres, Takura, Talegalla Weir, Teddington, Teebar, Tiaro, Tinana, Toogoom, Torbanlea, Tuan Forest, Urangan, Walkers Point, Walliebum, Walligan, Wondunna, Woocoo, Yengarie, Yerra.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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