Ageratina aromatica

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Ageratina aromatica
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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
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Natural range of Ageratina aromatica from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Description

Common names: Lesser snakeroot; Wild hoarhound

Synonym names: Eupatorium aromaticum L.

Flowers in the fall (Wunderlin and Hansen 2003). Is a perennial (Hall 1993).

Distribution

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

Ecology

Habitat

Phenology

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

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References and notes

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.

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.