This native shrub is commonly known as velvet bush.
Lasiopetalum prodigiosum is described as a "dicot" in the Byttneriaceae 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.
Disjunct population at Mt Walsh just outside Fraser Coast region.
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/184217462
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/184181936
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/243287778
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.
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Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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