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Species profile—Echium plantagineum (Paterson's curse)

Classification

Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Boraginaceae → Echium plantagineum (Paterson's curse)

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Species details

Kingdom
Plantae (plants)
Class
Equisetopsida (land plants)
Family
Boraginaceae
Scientific name
Echium plantagineum L.
Common name
Paterson's curse
WildNet taxon ID
11191
Alternate name(s)
salvation Jane
Riverina bluebell
purple echium
purple bugloss
plantain-leaf viper's bugloss
Lady Campbell weed
blueweed
blue weed
blue echium
Conservation significant
No
Confidential
No
Endemicity
Introduced
Pest status
Environmental Weed

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=11191.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022
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