Ageratina wrightii |
Ageratina havanensis |
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Wright's snakeroot |
Havana snakeroot, shrubby boneset, white mistflower, white shrub mistflower |
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Habit | Shrubs, 50–150 cm. | Shrubs [trees], (30–)69–150(–200) cm. |
Stems | erect, puberulous. |
erect (brittle), puberulent to glabrous. |
Leaves | opposite proximally, alternate on distal 1/3–1/2 of stem; petioles narrowly winged, 3–5(–8) mm; blades ovate to deltate-ovate, mostly 1–2 × 0.5–1.5(–2) cm, bases truncate to cuneate or attenuate, margins entire or shallowly crenate, apices acute to blunt or obtuse, abaxial faces gland-dotted. |
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. |
Peduncles | 1–3 mm, puberulent. |
2–14 mm, minutely puberulent. |
Involucres | 3.5–4.5 mm. |
4–6 mm. |
Corollas | pinkish white to pink, glabrous. |
white to slightly pinkish, glabrous. |
Phyllaries | apices acute, abaxial faces puberulent. |
apices acute, abaxial faces glabrous or nearly so. |
Heads | clustered. |
clustered. |
Cypselae | sparsely hispidulous. |
hispid. |
2n | = 34. |
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Ageratina wrightii |
Ageratina havanensis |
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Phenology | Flowering (Jul–)Aug–Oct(–Nov). | Flowering mainly (Sep–)Oct–Nov(–Dec), also Apr–Jul. |
Habitat | Limestone slopes, ledges, alluvium, in brushy vegetation | Bluffs, limestone outcrops and slopes, ledges along streams, often in oak-juniper woodlands |
Elevation | 1300–2200 m (4300–7200 ft) | 100–900 m (300–3000 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico
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TX; Mexico; West Indies (Cuba)
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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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 552. | FNA vol. 21, p. 552. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Ageratina | Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Ageratina |
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Synonyms | Eupatorium wrightii | Eupatorium havanense |
Name authority | (A. Gray) R. M. King & H. Robinson: Phytologia 19: 228. (1970) | (Kunth) R. M. King & H. Robinson: Phytologia 19: 222. (1970) |
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