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Fontainea fugax is a shrub endemic to Queensland, in the family, Euphorbiaceae, growing up to 4 m.
In 1997, F. fugax was considered "endangered" having been found in only in the central Burnett district and within an endangered community, threatened by weeds, repeated fires and clearing.
Fontainea fugax is known only from an area between Gurgeena and Binjour near Gayndah and Mundubbera in south-east Queensland. Foutainea fugax grows as an understorey shrub in dry rainforest semi-evergreen vine thicket dominated by Backhousia kingii. One population of a single clonal plant is located in Gurgeena Conservation Park, the other population is located in Gurgeena State Forest containing 50 individuals.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Fontainea fugax by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
