Ageratina havanensis |
Ageratina aromatica |
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Havana snakeroot, shrubby boneset, white mistflower, white shrub mistflower |
lesser snakeroot, small-leaf white snakeroot |
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Habit | Shrubs [trees], (30–)69–150(–200) cm. | Perennials, 30–80(–100) cm. |
Stems | erect (brittle), puberulent to glabrous. |
erect, villous-puberulent. |
Leaves | persistent, opposite; petioles 3–10(–15) mm; blades deltate to broadly ovate or somewhat hastate, (2–)3–5(–8) × 2–5 cm, bases truncate to cuneate, margins dentate, apices acute, faces glabrous or nearly so, eglandular. |
opposite; petioles 1–8(–12) mm; blades narrowly to broadly deltate to nearly ovate or lanceolate, 2–7(–9) × 1.5–4 cm, (usually subcoriaceous) bases rounded or truncate to barely cuneate or subcordate, margins usually crenate, sometimes crenate-serrate to dentate or subentire, apices acute to obtuse, faces minutely pilose. |
Peduncles | 2–14 mm, minutely puberulent. |
2–9 mm, densely and closely puberulent. |
Involucres | 4–6 mm. |
3.5–5 mm. |
Corollas | white to slightly pinkish, glabrous. |
white, lobes sparsely villous. |
Phyllaries | apices acute, abaxial faces glabrous or nearly so. |
apices acute, abaxial faces puberulent to villous-puberulent. |
Heads | clustered. |
clustered. |
Cypselae | hispid. |
usually glabrous or sparsely puberulent (near apices), rarely hirtellous on angles. |
2n | = 34. |
= 34. |
Ageratina havanensis |
Ageratina aromatica |
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Phenology | Flowering mainly (Sep–)Oct–Nov(–Dec), also Apr–Jul. | Flowering late Aug–Oct(–Nov). |
Habitat | Bluffs, limestone outcrops and slopes, ledges along streams, often in oak-juniper woodlands | Sandy soils, burned pinelands, turkey oak sand ridges, pine-oak and oak-hickory upland woods, old fields, roadsides, fencerows, moist sites |
Elevation | 100–900 m (300–3000 ft) | 100–900 m (300–3000 ft) |
Distribution |
TX; Mexico; West Indies (Cuba)
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AL; CT; DE; FL; KY; LA; MA; MD; MS; NC; NJ; NY; OH; PA; RI; SC; TN; VA; WV
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Discussion | Ageratina havanensis apparently is the only species of the genus in the flora area with evergreen-persistent leaves. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Intergrades (probable hybrids) between Ageratina aromatica and A. altissima were identified by A. F. Clewell and J. W. Wooten (1971) over a broad area of their sympatry. They also found intergrades between A. aromatica and A. jucunda where their ranges meet. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 552. | FNA vol. 21, p. 550. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Ageratina | Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Ageratina |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Eupatorium havanense | Eupatorium aromaticum, Eupatorium latidens |
Name authority | (Kunth) R. M. King & H. Robinson: Phytologia 19: 222. (1970) | (Linnaeus) Spach: Hist. Nat. Vég. 10: 286. (1841) |
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