Species profile—Parthenium hysterophorus (parthenium weed)

Classification

Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Asteraceae (sunflower) → Parthenium hysterophorus (parthenium weed)

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Species details

Kingdom

Plantae (plants)

Class

Equisetopsida (land plants)

Family

Asteraceae (sunflower)

Scientific name

Parthenium hysterophorus L.

Common name

parthenium weed

WildNet taxon ID

10959

Alternate name(s)

parthenium
whitetop
ragweed parthenium
ragweed
feverfew
false ragweed
congress grass
carrot grass
bitterweed
bitter weed

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=10959.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.