Ageratina wrightii

Ageratina wrightii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Eupatorieae
Genus: Ageratina
Species: A. wrightii
Binomial name
Ageratina wrightii
(A.Gray) R.M.King & H.Rob
Synonyms[1]
  • Eupatorium wrightii A.Gray
  • Kyrstenia parvifolia Greene

Ageratina wrightii (Wright's snakeroot)[2] is a North American species of plants in the sunflower family. It is native to the southwestern United States (New Mexico, southern Arizona, western Texas) and northern Mexico (Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Coahuila, Chihuahua, San Luis Potosí, Durango, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Jalisco).[3]

The plant is named for American botanist Charles Wright (1811-1885).[4]

References

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