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Common names: Lesser snakeroot; Wild hoarhound
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Synonym:  ''Eupatorium aromaticum L.''
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==Description==  
 
==Description==  
 
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Common names: Lesser snakeroot; Wild hoarhound
 
  
Synonym names:  ''Eupatorium aromaticum L.''
 
  
 
''Ageratina aromatica'' is a perennial (Hall 1993).
 
''Ageratina aromatica'' is a perennial (Hall 1993).

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Ageratina aromatica
Ageratina aromatica gil.jpg
Photo taken by Gil Nelson
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae ⁄ Compositae
Genus: Ageratina
Species: A. aromatica
Binomial name
Ageratina aromatica
(L.) Spach
AGER AROM dist.jpg
Natural range of Ageratina aromatica from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common names: Lesser snakeroot; Wild hoarhound

Synonym: Eupatorium aromaticum L.

Description

Ageratina aromatica is a perennial (Hall 1993).

Distribution

It is infrequent in west Florida. It is found west to Mississippi, east towards Pennsylvania and Massachusetts (Hall 1993).

Ecology

Habitat

Ageratina aromatica is found in annually burned savannas and annually burned pinelands in poorly drained situations (FSU Herbarium). In addition, it grows in longleaf pine-wiregrass flatwoods and open longleaf pine-scrub-oak-wiregrass savannas, mixed pine-hardwood forests, open oak woods, live oak woodlands, longleaf pine sand ridges, upland woodlands, and rolling red hills (FSU Herbarium). Ageratina aromatica can also be found in disturbed habitat such as roadsides, along fences, and on the edges of fields (FSU Herbarium). This species is observed in a range of shade conditions, from open forest situations to semi-shaded and shady areas (FSU Herbarium). It occurs most frequently in moist sandy loam, dry sand, and areas of lime rock (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

This species flowers in the fall (Wunderlin and Hansen 2003). It has been observed flowering and fruiting in October and November in particular (FSU Herbarium).

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Robert Blaisdell, Andre F. Clewell, William B. Fox, J. P. Gillespie, Robert K. Godfrey, C. Jackson, Gary R. Knight, R. Komarek, Robert Kral, Robert L. Lazor, Sidney McDaniel, Richard S. Mitchell, P. L. Redfearn Jr., V. I. Sullivan, Jean W. Wooten, and Geo. Wilder MacClendons

Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014.

Hall, David W. Illustrated Plants of Florida and the Coastal Plain: based on the collections of Leland and Lucy Baltzell. 1993. A Maupin House Book. Gainesville. 100. Print.

States and Counties: Florida: Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Madison, Okaloosa, Putnam, Santa Rosa, St. Johns, and Wakulla. Georgia: Grady.

Wunderlin, Richard P. and Bruce F. Hansen. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida. Second edition. 2003. University Press of Florida: Gainesville/Tallahassee/Tampa/Boca Raton/Pensacola/Orlando/Miami/Jacksonville/Ft. Myers. 295. Print.