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Species profile—Ageratina adenophora (crofton weed)

Classification

Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Asteraceae (sunflower) → Ageratina adenophora (crofton weed)

Photo of Ageratina adenophora (crofton weed) - Queensland Herbarium, DES,1980

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Species details

Kingdom
Plantae (plants)
Class
Equisetopsida (land plants)
Family
Asteraceae (sunflower)
Scientific name
Ageratina adenophora (Spreng.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
Common name
crofton weed
WildNet taxon ID
5997
Alternate name(s)
catweed
sticky eupatorium
sticky agrimony
mexican devil
hemp agrimony
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=5997

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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