Thesium australe

Thesium australe
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (EPBC Act)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Santalales
Family:	Santalaceae
Genus:	Thesium
Species:	T. australe
Binomial name
Thesium australe R.BR [1]

Thesium australe is a prostrate erect perennial shrub which is endemic to the eastern coast of Australia. ^[2]

Distribution & habitat

Thesium australe occurs in the north from Bundaberg, Dalby, and Carnarvon National Park in Queensland and south into New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory and Victoria. The species is extinct in Tasmania. ^[2]

Conservation status

Thesium australe is listed as "vulnerable" under the under the Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. It is listed as "Vulnerable" under the Queensland Nature Conservation Act 1992 , "Vulnerable" under the New South Wales Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (NSW), "vulnerable" under the ACT Nature Conservation Act 2014. In Victoria it is listed as "Threatened" under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 although it meets the criteria to be listed as "endangered". It is considered "extinct" in Tasmania as only one specimen was collected in 1804 by Robert Brown and has not been observed in Tasmania since. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

References

1. "Thesium australe". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Retrieved 13 November 2025.
2. "Taxon - Thesium australe". WildNet. Queensland Government. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
3. "Thesium australe" (PDF). Threatened Species Assessment. Victoria Government. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
4. "Thesium australe". Threatened Flora of Tasmania. Threatened Flora of Tasmania.