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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ageratina aromatica
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Read more about Small-leaved White Snakeroot at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_euar7_001_lvd
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Alan S. Weakley asw_10231869846985146
July Hoke County NC
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 (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
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)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Petioles 2-20mm long
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: White
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Lustrous black
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p094?
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p070
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p436
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p067
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p190
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p107
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p056
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p272
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p321
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p181
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p044
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