This introduced shrub is commonly known as yellow raspberry.
Rubus ellipticus is described as a "dicot" in the Rosaceae family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is not classified as it is not native to Queensland. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
Northern limit is Maryborough (Rainforest Climbing Plants, Harden, McDonald, Williams, 2007).
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: Teddington.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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