This native shrub is commonly known as eastern cottonbush.
Maireana microphylla 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.
Closest record to Fraser Coast region is on the northern lower slopes of Mt Walsh. Report from that area https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/254476748
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 1 Fraser Coast locality: Malarga.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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