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Species profile—Acroptilon repens (creeping knapweed)

Classification

Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Asteraceae (sunflower) → Acroptilon repens (creeping knapweed)

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Species details

Kingdom
Plantae (plants)
Class
Equisetopsida (land plants)
Family
Asteraceae (sunflower)
Scientific name
Acroptilon repens (L.) DC.
Common name
creeping knapweed
WildNet taxon ID
15659
Superseded by
Rhaponticum repens (03/04/2019)
Alternate name(s)
russian knapweed
Russian thistle
Russian centaurea
hardheads
hardhead thistle
blueweed
Conservation significant
No
Confidential
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil

Other resources

The Australasian Virtual Herbarium (AVH)
Atlas of Living Australia

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=15659

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
23 October 2019
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