Police are attempting to identify a female pedestrian killed after being struck by a car south-east of Brisbane this morning.

The woman was hit near the corner of Finucane and McDonald roads in Alexandra Hills about 5.10am, a Department of Community Safety spokeswoman said.

Emergency crews performed CPR on the woman but she died at the scene.

Police are appealing to the public to help identify the victim.

She is described as Caucasian, aged in her 40’s, about 160 centimetres tall, with a large build, brown eyes and blonde hair at the front and dark hair at the back.

She has a dragon tattoo on the left side of her chest and a brown birth mark on her right abdomen and was wearing blue jeans and a floral top, police said.