OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ageratina roanensis   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ageratina altissima var. roanensis   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Ageratina altissima var. roanensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)

Eupatorium rugosum var. roanense

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-021?:

Eupatorium rugosum   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Eupatorium roanensis

 

COMMON NAME:
Appalachian White Snakeroot, Appalachian Milk-poison, Appalachian Snakeroot


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image of Ageratina roanensis, Appalachian White Snakeroot, Appalachian Milk-poison, Appalachian Snakeroot

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_euur4_001_lvd

        

image of Ageratina roanensis, Appalachian White Snakeroot, Appalachian Milk-poison, Appalachian Snakeroot

JK Marlow    jkm100626_111

June    Avery County    NC

The Roan Highlands

Leaves generally deltoid (the base generally subcordate or truncate), per Weakley's Flora.


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image of Ageratina roanensis, Appalachian White Snakeroot, Appalachian Milk-poison, Appalachian Snakeroot

JK Marlow    jkm100626_114

June    Avery County    NC

The Roan Highlands

image of Ageratina roanensis, Appalachian White Snakeroot, Appalachian Milk-poison, Appalachian Snakeroot

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_091521gsmnp13rw2

September    Swain County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ageratina roanensis   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ageratina altissima var. roanensis   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Ageratina altissima var. roanensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Eupatorium rugosum var. roanense

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-021?:
Eupatorium rugosum   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eupatorium roanensis

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3435

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist forests, often abundant at high elevations, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Petioles 1.5-6cm long

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: White
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Lustrous black

 

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