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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ageratum houstonianum   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ageratum houstonianum   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Ageratum houstonianum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Ageratum houstonianum

 

COMMON NAME:
Ageratum, Floss-flower


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Keith Bradley    kab_a_houstonianum_72756

February    Miami-Dade County    FL

Stems erect to decumbent, sparsely to densely pilose, per Flora of North America.

image of Ageratum houstonianum, Ageratum, Floss-flower

Keith Bradley    kab_a_houstonianum_72761

February    Miami-Dade County    FL

Flower heads in dense to open, cymiform to corymbiform arrays, per Flora of North America.

image of Ageratum houstonianum, Ageratum, Floss-flower

Keith Bradley    kab_a_houstonianum_72843

March    Miami-Dade County    FL

Leaf blades deltate to ovate, mostly 3-8 × 2.5-4cm, margins toothed, per Flora of North America.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ageratum houstonianum   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ageratum houstonianum   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Ageratum houstonianum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ageratum houstonianum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3850

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Wet, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: southeast Mexico, Central America (apparently)

Waif(s)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer
Disc: Lavender (rarely white)
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer?

 

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