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Species profile—Ageratum houstonianum (blue billygoat weed)

Classification

Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Asteraceae (sunflower) → Ageratum houstonianum (blue billygoat weed)

Photo of Ageratum houstonianum (blue billygoat weed) - Queensland Herbarium, DES,1978

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Species details

Kingdom
Plantae (plants)
Class
Equisetopsida (land plants)
Family
Asteraceae (sunflower)
Scientific name
Ageratum houstonianum Mill.
Common name
blue billygoat weed
WildNet taxon ID
14051
Alternate name(s)
floss flower
flossflower
Conservation significant
No
Confidential
No
Endemicity
Introduced
Pest status
Environmental Weed

Other resources

The Australasian Virtual Herbarium (AVH)
Atlas of Living Australia

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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=14051

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

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