Ageratina wrightii |
Ageratina herbacea |
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Wright's snakeroot |
desert ageratina, fragrant snakeroot, white thoroughwort |
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Habit | Shrubs, 50–150 cm. | Perennials or subshrubs, (20–)30–60(–80) cm (woody crowns and woody rhizomes). |
Stems | erect, puberulous. |
erect (brittle), minutely puberulent. |
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. |
opposite; petioles 10–25 mm; blades triangular to lanceolate-ovate or ovate, 2–5(–7) × 1.5–3.5(–4.5) cm, bases truncate to shallowly cordate, margins dentate to serrate-dentate, abaxial faces sparsely hispidulous to glabrate, eglandular. |
Peduncles | 1–3 mm, puberulent. |
4–15 mm, puberulent. |
Involucres | 3.5–4.5 mm. |
4–5 mm. |
Corollas | pinkish white to pink, glabrous. |
white, glabrous. |
Phyllaries | apices acute, abaxial faces puberulent. |
apices acute, abaxial faces granular-puberulent. |
Heads | clustered. |
clustered. |
Cypselae | sparsely hispidulous. |
finely strigose-hispidulous. |
2n | = 34. |
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Ageratina wrightii |
Ageratina herbacea |
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Phenology | Flowering (Jul–)Aug–Oct(–Nov). | Flowering (Jul–)Aug–Oct. |
Habitat | Limestone slopes, ledges, alluvium, in brushy vegetation | Pine, pine-oak, juniper, and pinyon-juniper woodlands, rocks along streams, slopes, ridges, washes |
Elevation | 1300–2200 m (4300–7200 ft) | 1400–2700(–2900) m (4600–8900(–9500) ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico
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AZ; CA; CO; NM; NV; TX; UT; Mexico (Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Sonora)
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Discussion | Ageratina herbacea is recognized by the distinctive color of its usually yellow-green, sometimes grayish, leaves, granular-puberulent involucres (with minute, thickened, eglandular hairs), and woody rhizomes. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 552. | FNA vol. 21, p. 551. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Ageratina | Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Ageratina |
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Synonyms | Eupatorium wrightii | Eupatorium ageratifolium var. herbaceum, Eupatorium herbaceum |
Name authority | (A. Gray) R. M. King & H. Robinson: Phytologia 19: 228. (1970) | (A. Gray) R. M. King & H. Robinson: Phytologia 19: 222. (1970) |
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