Gold Coast
flora and fauna

A guide to the plants and animals that make our city one of the most biodiverse in Australia.
Phylum
MAGNOLIOPHYTA
Class
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
Family
ASTERACEAE
Genus
Ageratina
Species
adenophora
Has fauna
False
Mapping

Common Name
Crofton Weed
Alternate name
Is historical
False
QLD
Naturalised
NSW
EPBC
APC
ROTAP
Comment
LGA significant
False
Stronghold population
False
Wildnet record
False
Museum listing
False
Introduced
True
Qld Census
True
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Abundance
Historical abundance
Endemicity
Overall distribution
Local distribution
Known location
Other locality
Riparian dependent
False
Wetland dependent
False
Forest dependent
False
Hollow dependent
False
Terrestrial
True
Estuarine
False
Marine
False
General ecology
Specific ecology
Habitat
Rainforest
Habitat comment
Threats
Management
Community type
Migratory
False
Migration notes
Feeding status
Feeding strategy
Feeding substrate
Diet
Reproduction
Breeding season
Active period
Active season
Social group
Behaviour
Range
Colonises forest margins, stream banks and disturbed areas, preferring shaded wetter areas.
Biology
Growth form
Herb
Description
Erect, perennial herb to 1m with woody roots. Leaves opposite, trowel-shaped, bright green, 5–8cm long, 2–5cm wide with toothed edges. White flowers in small dense clusters at the ends of branches in spring. Seeds are slender, angular, 2mm long, almost black, with fine white hairs at their tip.
Taxonomy Comments
Species comments
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