Mikania
Mikania micrantha
Biosecurity Queensland must be contacted within 24 hours of sighting, call: 13 25 23.
family
Asteraceae
origin
Exotic
declaration
Category 2, 3, 4, 5 Restricted Matter (Biosecurity Act 2014)
Cat 2 Must be reported to Biosecurity inspector or authorised person. Cat 3 Must not be distributed, Cat4 Must not be moved Cat 5 Must not be possessed or kept under your control.
Common names
Mikania vine, American rope, Bitter vine, Climbing hemp, Climbing hempweed, Mikania, Mile-a-minute.
Biosecurity Queensland must be contacted within 24 hours 13 25 23., Biosecurity Queensland Must attend site before any control measure is administered, advice will be provided to the land holder at this time., A long-lived vine with slender ribbed stems and oppositely arranged leaves. Its leaves are heart-shaped or somewhat triangular, hairless, and have coarsely toothed margins. Numerous fluffy white flower-heads are borne in branched clusters in the leaf forks or at the tips of the branches. The tiny black seeds (1.5-2 mm long) are topped with numerous whitish coloured hairs or bristles (2-4 mm long)
Impact
Impact
Biosecurity Queensland Must attend site before any control measure is administered, advise will be provided to the land holder at this time, Mikania vine (Mikania micrantha) is regarded as a potentially significant environmental weed in northern Queensland, and in other parts of northern Australia. It was recently listed as a priority environmental weed in at least one Natural Resource Management region and appears on the Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy (NAQS) list.Becuase of its invasiveness in other parts of the world, mikania vine (Mikania micrantha) is also listed in the Global Invasive Species Database, and is regarded to be in the top 100 of the world's worst invasive alien species.
Location
Location
Characteristics
Characteristics
Similar Species
Similar Species
Biosecurity Queensland Must attend site before any control measure is administered, advise will be provided to the land holder at this time, Mikania vine (Mikania micrantha) is regarded as a potentially significant environmental weed in northern Queensland, and in other parts of northern Australia. It was recently listed as a priority environmental weed in at least one Natural Resource Management region and appears on the Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy (NAQS) list.Becuase of its invasiveness in other parts of the world, mikania vine (Mikania micrantha) is also listed in the Global Invasive Species Database, and is regarded to be in the top 100 of the world's worst invasive alien species.
