- Snakeroot
:"The related genus "
Eupatorium " also contains plants called "snakeroot".Virginia Snakeroot ("Aristolochia serpentaria ") andCanadian Snakeroot ("Asarum canadense") are unrelated plants.Taxobox
name = Snakeroot
image_width = 200px
image_caption = Sticky Snakeroot ("Ageratina adenophora")
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Asterales
familia =Asteraceae
tribus =Eupatorieae
genus = "Ageratina"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "About 250, see text" Snakeroot ("Ageratina") is a genus of about 250cite web | work = Flora of North America | url = http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=100803 | title = Ageratina ] cite web | url = http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=201&taxon_id=100803 | work = Arboles y arbustos de los Andes del Ecuador (Trees and shrubs of the Andes of Ecuador) | author = Carmen Ulloa Ulloa and Peter Møller Jørgensen | title = "Ageratina" Spach ] –290cite web | url = http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=100&taxon_id=100803 | title = "Ageratina" Spach | work = Flora of Taiwan ] perennials and roundedshrub s from the Sunflower family (Asteraceae ).These plants grow mainly in the warmer regions of the
Americas . However, some flourish in the cooler areas of the easternUnited States . Two Mexican species have become a pest in parts ofAustralia andTaiwan . "Ageratina" used to belong to the genus "Eupatorium ", but it has been reclassified.Description
The
inflorescence consists of multiple fluffy, red or pinkish-white capitula in clusters. These lack the typical rayflower s of the composites.They have multiple, much-branched woody stems. The petioles are rather long. The leaves are triangular, serrate and opposite with a foul-smelling, musky scent.
Species
Toxic properties
Milk from cows that have eaten snakeroot can cause illness if ingested because the milk becomes toxic.
Notes
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