Fragrant Snakeroot
Ageratina herbacea
Observed in the ponderosa forest in the Granite Mountain Wilderness, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA. September 2012.
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FLOWERS: Many white flower heads are clustered at top of stems. No ray florets, all are disc. Long white stigmas are conspicuous.
LEAVES: Roughly triangular to heart shaped and opposite on the stems.
PERENNIAL: Regrows from woody crown each year by late spring.
RANGE: Found in montane meadows and forest in the southwestern United
States and into Mexico.
FRUIT: The seeds are topped with bristles.
UNARMED.
Asteraceae -- Sunflower Family
More Information:
- Southwest Environmental Information Network
- Southwest Colorado Wildflowers
- USDA Plant Profile
- Encyclopedia of Life
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