OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ageratina aromatica   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ageratina aromatica   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Ageratina aromatica

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

Ageratina aromatica

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Ageratina aromatica var. aromatica

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

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

        

image of Ageratina aromatica, Small-leaved White Snakeroot, Aromatic Snakeroot, Wild-hoarhound, Small White Snakeroot

Alan S. Weakley    asw_10231869846985146

July    Hoke County    NC

image of Ageratina aromatica, Small-leaved White Snakeroot, Aromatic Snakeroot, Wild-hoarhound, Small White Snakeroot

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.

image of Ageratina aromatica, Small-leaved White Snakeroot, Aromatic Snakeroot, Wild-hoarhound, Small White Snakeroot

JK Marlow    jkm060928_063

September    York County    SC

Utility right-of-way

Petioles 0.2-2 cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Ageratina aromatica, Small-leaved White Snakeroot, Aromatic Snakeroot, Wild-hoarhound, Small White Snakeroot

JK Marlow    jkm0510f_14

October    Oconee County    SC

image of Ageratina aromatica, Small-leaved White Snakeroot, Aromatic Snakeroot, Wild-hoarhound, Small White Snakeroot

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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Ageratina aromatica, Small-leaved White Snakeroot, Aromatic Snakeroot, Wild-hoarhound, Small White Snakeroot

JK Marlow    jkm061029_113

October    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE leaves of Snakeroot species

image of Ageratina aromatica, Small-leaved White Snakeroot, Aromatic Snakeroot, Wild-hoarhound, Small White Snakeroot

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 (Smith, 1998).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ageratina aromatica   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ageratina aromatica   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ageratina aromatica

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

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Ageratina aromatica var. aromatica

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
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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544

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: woodlands and forests, usually xeric, and often fire-maintained, longleaf pine sandhills, also woodland edges, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Petioles 2-20mm long

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Lustrous black
Achene

 

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