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Species profile—Chromolaena odorata (Siam weed)

Classification

Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Asteraceae (sunflower) → Chromolaena odorata (Siam weed)

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Species details

Kingdom
Plantae (plants)
Class
Equisetopsida (land plants)
Family
Asteraceae (sunflower)
Scientific name
Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
Common name
Siam weed
WildNet taxon ID
8790
Alternate name(s)
bitter bush
Siam-kraut
agonoi
baby tea
paraffin bush
paraffin weed
king weed
Armstrong's weed
turpentine weed
Jack in the bush
Eupatorium
chromolaena
triffid weed
hagonoy
devil weed
Christmas bush
Biosecurity Act 2014 (BIO) status
Restricted Matter
Conservation significant
No
Confidential
No
Endemicity
Introduced
Pest status
Environmental Weed

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=8790

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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