Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Ageratina aromatica
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Read more about Small-leaved White Snakeroot at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ageratina aromatica var. aromatica
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Ageratina aromatica var. incisa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Eupatorium aromaticum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-022:
Eupatorium aromaticum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eupatorium aromaticum
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eupatorium latidens
COMMON NAME:
Small-leaved White Snakeroot, Aromatic Snakeroot, Wild-hoarhound, Small White Snakeroot
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_euar7_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_ageratina_aromatica
August
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_ageratina_aromatica_2
August
Corolla lobes densely long-pubescent, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm060928_063
September York County SC
Utility right-of-way
Petioles 0.2-2 cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm0510f_14
October Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm061029_111
October Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Flowers all discoid, corollas white. Involucres 13-15 flowered, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm061029_113
October Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
COMPARE
leaves of Snakeroot species
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JK Marlow jkm201015_7758
October Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Like A. altissima, but leaves smaller with blunt teeth and short petioles, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Ageratina aromatica
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ageratina aromatica var. aromatica
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Ageratina aromatica var. incisa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Eupatorium aromaticum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-022:
Eupatorium aromaticum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eupatorium aromaticum
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eupatorium latidens
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Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon in Piedmont & Mountains)
Habitat: woodlands and forests, usually xeric, and often fire-maintained, sandhills, also woodland edges, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Petioles 2-20mm long
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: White
Rays: Absent
Bisexual
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Lustrous black
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p094?
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p070
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p436
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p190
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p107
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p272
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p321
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p181
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p044