Species profile—Gomphocarpus fruticosus (narrow-leaved cotton bush)
Classification
Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Apocynaceae → Gomphocarpus fruticosus (narrow-leaved cotton bush)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Plantae (plants)
- Class
- Equisetopsida (land plants)
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Scientific name
- Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) W.T.Aiton
- Common name
- narrow-leaved cotton bush
- WildNet taxon ID
- 9251
- Alternate name(s)
- swan plant
wild cotton
narrow-leaf cotton bush
narrow leaf cotton bush
milkweed
duck bush
cotton bush
cape cotton
balloon cotton bush
balloon cotton
Arghel of Syria
arghel - Conservation significant
- No
- Confidential
- No
- Endemicity
- Introduced
- Pest status
- Environmental Weed
Other resources
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=9251.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
