Ageratina aromatica

(Linnaeus) Spach

Hist. Nat. Vég. 10: 286. 1841.

Common names: Small-leaved white snakeroot
Endemic
Basionym: Eupatorium aromaticum Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 2: 839. 1753
Synonyms: Eupatorium latidens Small
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 550. Mentioned on page 548, 551.

Perennials, 30–80 (–100) cm. Stems erect, villous-puberulent. Leaves opposite; petioles 1–8 (–12) mm; blades narrowly to broadly deltate to nearly ovate or lanceolate, 2–7 (–9) × 1.5–4 cm, (usually subcoriaceous) bases rounded or truncate to barely cuneate or subcordate, margins usually crenate, sometimes crenate-serrate to dentate or subentire, apices acute to obtuse, faces minutely pilose. Heads clustered. Peduncles 2–9 mm, densely and closely puberulent. Involucres 3.5–5 mm. Phyllaries: apices acute, abaxial faces puberulent to villous-puberulent. Corollas white, lobes sparsely villous. Cypselae usually glabrous or sparsely puberulent (near apices), rarely hirtellous on angles. 2n = 34.


Phenology: Flowering late Aug–Oct(–Nov).
Habitat: Sandy soils, burned pinelands, turkey oak sand ridges, pine-oak and oak-hickory upland woods, old fields, roadsides, fencerows, moist sites
Elevation: 100–900 m

Distribution

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Ala., Conn., Del., Fla., Ky., La., Md., Mass., Miss., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Va., W.Va.

Discussion

Intergrades (probable hybrids) between Ageratina aromatica and A. altissima were identified by A. F. Clewell and J. W. Wooten (1971) over a broad area of their sympatry. They also found intergrades between A. aromatica and A. jucunda where their ranges meet.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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... more about "Ageratina aromatica"
puberulent +  and villous-puberulent +
not tailed +, truncate +, rounded +  and obtuse +
acute;acute;obtuse +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually terete +  and clavate +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Guy L. Nesom +
(Linnaeus) Spach +
truncate +  and barely cuneate or subcordate +
enlarged +
Eupatorium aromaticum +
3(-5)-nerved +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
dissected +, lobed +, toothed +  and entire +
deltate;nearly ovate or lanceolate +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
papillate +  and rugose +
(4-)5-angled;10-ribbed +
Small-leaved white snakeroot +
hirtellous +, puberulent +  and glabrous +
scabrellous +
fusiform +  and prismatic +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Ala. +, Conn. +, Del. +, Fla. +, Ky. +, La. +, Md. +, Mass. +, Miss. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Va. +  and W.Va. +
100–900 m +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Sandy soils, burned pinelands, turkey oak sand ridges, pine-oak and oak-hickory upland woods, old fields, roadsides, fencerows, moist sites +
indeterminate +
each +  and sessile +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
campanulate +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
lanceolate +  and lance-linear +
subentire +, dentate +  and crenate +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Flowering late Aug–Oct(–Nov). +
2-nerved +  and 0-nerved +
8 +  and 30 +
subequal +  and unequal +
Hist. Nat. Vég. +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
exalbuminous +
villous-puberulent +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +
papillate +
Eupatorium latidens +
Ageratina aromatica +
Ageratina +
species +
obconic +  and campanulate +
80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br />) +
shrub +  and subshrub +