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Species profile—Xanthium spinosum (Bathurst burr)

Classification

Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Asteraceae (sunflower) → Xanthium spinosum (Bathurst burr)

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Species details

Kingdom
Plantae (plants)
Class
Equisetopsida (land plants)
Family
Asteraceae (sunflower)
Scientific name
Xanthium spinosum L.
Common name
Bathurst burr
WildNet taxon ID
14967
Alternate name(s)
burrweed
spiny cockleburr
spiny clotbur
prickly burrweed
common cockleburr
cat's eggs
burweed
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=14967.

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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