This introduced groundcover is commonly known as rhoea.
Tradescantia spathacea is described as a "monocot" in the Commelinaceae 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.
All Queensland Flora Census records from north Queensland. As at 01/07/2016 listed as a non-declared environmental weed in the Fraser Coast region.
It has not been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census but is listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 2 Fraser Coast localities: Beelbi Creek, Maryborough.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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