Ageratina herbacea

Taxobox
name = "Ageratina herbacea"


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
tribus = Eupatorieae
genus = "Ageratina"
species = "A. herbacea"
binomial = "Ageratina herbacea"
binomial_authority = (A. Gray) King & H. Rob.
synonyms ="Eupatorium herbaceum"

"Ageratina herbacea" is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name fragrant snakeroot. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in several habitat types. This is a perennial herb growing a green, fuzzy stem from a woody caudex to heights between about 50 and 70 centimeters. The leaves are yellow to green or grayish and are triangular to heart-shaped. The inflorescence is a cluster of fuzzy flower heads under a centimeter long containing long, protruding white disc florets and no ray florets. The fruit is an achene a few millimeters long with a rough bristly pappus.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?609,628,630 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGHE5 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://seinet.asu.edu/seinet/symbiota/taxa/taxaprofile.php?taxon=Ageratina%20herbacea&cl=Harding%20County Photo gallery]