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snakeroots
Ageratina
Ageratina, commonly known as snakeroot, is a genus of over 300 species of perennials and rounded shrubs in the family Asteraceae.
These plants grow mainly in the warmer regions of the Americas and West Indies. Over 150 species are native to Mexico. Some flourish in the cooler areas of the eastern United States. Two Mexican species have become a pest in parts of Australia and Taiwan. Ageratina used to belong to the genus Eupatorium, but it has been reclassified.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Ageratina
subgenusAgeratina

Neogreenella
subgenusNeogreenella

hammock snakeroot
speciesAgeratina jucunda

Ageratina glabrata
speciesAgeratina glabrata

Andinia
subgenusAndinia

Ageratina grandifolia
speciesAgeratina grandifolia

Ageratina mairetiana
speciesAgeratina mairetiana

Ageratina areolaris
speciesAgeratina areolaris

privet-leaved agertina
speciesAgeratina ligustrina

Apoda
subgenusApoda

Rothrock's Snakeroot
speciesAgeratina rothrockii

rockhouse white snakeroot
speciesAgeratina luciae-brauniae

Wright's Snakeroot
speciesAgeratina wrightii
Ageratina brevipes
speciesAgeratina brevipes
Ageratina calaminthifolia
speciesAgeratina calaminthifolia

Ageratina scorodonioides
speciesAgeratina scorodonioides

Ageratina crassiramea
speciesAgeratina crassiramea

Ageratina calophylla
speciesAgeratina calophylla

Ageratina viscosissima
speciesAgeratina viscosissima
Ageratina viburnoides
speciesAgeratina viburnoides

Ageratina tomentella
speciesAgeratina tomentella

Ageratina vernalis
speciesAgeratina vernalis

Resinous Snakeroot
speciesAgeratina resiniflua

Ageratina pazcuarensis
speciesAgeratina pazcuarensis

shasta ageratina
speciesAgeratina shastensis

Ageratina ixiocladon
speciesAgeratina ixiocladon

Ageratina saltillensis
speciesAgeratina saltillensis

Ageratina bellidifolia
speciesAgeratina bellidifolia

Ageratina lorentzii
speciesAgeratina lorentzii

Ageratina oligocephala
speciesAgeratina oligocephala

Ageratina leptodictyon
speciesAgeratina leptodictyon

Ageratina anisochroma
speciesAgeratina anisochroma

Ageratina cylindrica
speciesAgeratina cylindrica

Ageratina liebmannii
speciesAgeratina liebmannii

Ageratina vernicosa
speciesAgeratina vernicosa

Ageratina tenuis
speciesAgeratina tenuis

Ageratina choricephala
speciesAgeratina choricephala

Ageratina campyloclada
speciesAgeratina campyloclada

Ageratina hidalgensis
speciesAgeratina hidalgensis

Ageratina oreithales
speciesAgeratina oreithales
Ageratina miquihuana
speciesAgeratina miquihuana

Ageratina dictyoneura
speciesAgeratina dictyoneura

Ageratina rubricaulis
speciesAgeratina rubricaulis

Ageratina chazaroana
speciesAgeratina chazaroana

Ageratina illita
speciesAgeratina illita

Ageratina jaliscensis
speciesAgeratina jaliscensis

Ageratina yecorana
speciesAgeratina yecorana

Ageratina triniona
speciesAgeratina triniona

Ageratina arsenei
speciesAgeratina arsenei

Ageratina nesomii
speciesAgeratina nesomii

Ageratina rhomboidea
speciesAgeratina rhomboidea

Ageratina villarrealii
speciesAgeratina villarrealii

Ageratina brandegeeana
speciesAgeratina brandegeeana

Ageratina rivalis
speciesAgeratina rivalis

Ageratina malacolepis
speciesAgeratina malacolepis

Ageratina lasioneura
speciesAgeratina lasioneura

Ageratina thyrsiflora
speciesAgeratina thyrsiflora

Ageratina cremasta
speciesAgeratina cremasta

Ageratina muelleri
speciesAgeratina muelleri
Ageratina palmeri
speciesAgeratina palmeri
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 64116.