This native shrub is commonly known as coastal wattle.
Acacia sophorae is described as a "dicot" in the Leguminosae 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.
Known as Acacia longifolia subsp. sophorae outside of Qld (Australian Plant Census). No Fraser Coast region records. Distribution in Queensland is from Sunshine Coast and to the south. A potentially invasive species (http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/03030800-0b07-490a-8d04-0605030c0f01/media/Html/Acacia_longifolia_subsp._sophorae.htm).
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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