Ageratina adenophora |
Ageratina paupercula |
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Crofton weed, eupatory, Mexican devil, sticky snakeroot, thoroughwort |
Santa Rita snakeroot |
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Habit | Subshrubs, 50–220 cm. | Perennials or subshrubs, to 100 cm. |
Stems | (usually purplish when young) erect, stipitate-glandular. |
erect, puberulent to glabrate. |
Leaves | opposite; petioles 10–25 mm; blades (abaxially purple) ovate-lanceolate or ovate-deltate to lanceolate-ovate, (1.5–)2.5–5.5(–8) × 1.5–4(–6) cm, bases cuneate to obtuse or nearly truncate, margins serrate, apices acute to acuminate, abaxial faces stipitate- to sessile-glandular. |
opposite; petioles 3–15 mm; blades narrowly to broadly lanceolate, (2–)3–7 × 0.5–1.5 cm, margins coarsely and remotely serrate, apices long-acuminate, abaxial faces sparsely pubescent. |
Peduncles | 5–12 mm, densely stipitate-glandular and sometimes also sparsely viscid-puberulent. |
2–6 mm, puberulent. |
Involucres | 3.5–4 mm. |
2.5–3 mm. |
Corollas | white, pink-tinged, lobes sparsely hispidulous. |
white, lobes sparsely hispid-villous. |
Phyllaries | apices acute, abaxial faces stipitate-glandular. |
apices acute, abaxial faces puberulent-hispidulous. |
Heads | clustered. |
clustered. |
Cypselae | glabrous. |
glabrous. |
2n | = 51. |
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Ageratina adenophora |
Ageratina paupercula |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Aug(–Sep). | Flowering Mar–May. |
Habitat | Stream margins, ditches, road embankments, hillsides | Rocky slopes, crevices, gravelly, sandy streambeds, pine-oak woodlands |
Elevation | 400–900 m (1300–3000 ft) | 1000–1800 m (3300–5900 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; Mexico; Intoduced [Also introduced in Europe, Pacific Islands (New Zealand)]
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AZ; Mexico
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Discussion | Ageratina paupercula is recognized by its early spring flowering, relatively small and usually narrowly lanceolate and acuminate leaves, relatively small heads in clusters, and relatively small (1.2–1.4 mm versus mostly 2–3 mm in other species), glabrous cypselae. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 553. | FNA vol. 21, p. 551. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Ageratina | Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Ageratina |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Eupatorium adenophorum | Eupatorium pauperculum |
Name authority | (Sprengel) R. M. King & H. Robinson: Phytologia 19: 211. (1970) | (A. Gray) R. M. King & H. Robinson: Phytologia 19: 215. (1970) |
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