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Species profile—Rhaponticum repens

Classification

Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Asteraceae (sunflower) → Rhaponticum repens

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Species details

Kingdom
Plantae (plants)
Class
Equisetopsida (land plants)
Family
Asteraceae (sunflower)
Scientific name
Rhaponticum repens (L.) Hidalgo
WildNet taxon ID
31134
Superseded by
Leuzea repens (18/02/2022)
Alternate name(s)
creeping knapweed
Russian thistle
Russian centaurea
hardheads
hardhead thistle
blueweed
russian knapweed
Conservation significant
No
Confidential
No
Endemicity
Exotic
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=31134.

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