Species profile—Amaranthus spinosus (needle burr)
Classification
Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Amaranthaceae → Amaranthus spinosus (needle burr)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Plantae (plants)
- Class
- Equisetopsida (land plants)
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Scientific name
- Amaranthus spinosus L.
- Common name
- needle burr
- WildNet taxon ID
- 12491
- Alternate name(s)
- spiny amaranth
spiny pigweed
needleburr - Conservation significant
- No
- Confidential
- No
- Endemicity
- Introduced
- Pest status
- Environmental Weed
Other resources
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=12491.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
