Ageratina havanensis |
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Havana snakeroot, shrubby boneset, white mistflower, white shrub mistflower |
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Habit | Shrubs [trees], (30–)69–150(–200) cm. |
Stems | erect (brittle), puberulent to glabrous. |
Leaves | persistent, opposite; petioles 3–10(–15) mm; blades deltate to broadly ovate or somewhat hastate, (2–)3–5(–8) × 2–5 cm, bases truncate to cuneate, margins dentate, apices acute, faces glabrous or nearly so, eglandular. |
Peduncles | 2–14 mm, minutely puberulent. |
Involucres | 4–6 mm. |
Corollas | white to slightly pinkish, glabrous. |
Phyllaries | apices acute, abaxial faces glabrous or nearly so. |
Heads | clustered. |
Cypselae | hispid. |
2n | = 34. |
Ageratina havanensis |
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Phenology | Flowering mainly (Sep–)Oct–Nov(–Dec), also Apr–Jul. |
Habitat | Bluffs, limestone outcrops and slopes, ledges along streams, often in oak-juniper woodlands |
Elevation | 100–900 m (300–3000 ft) |
Distribution |
TX; Mexico; West Indies (Cuba)
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Discussion | Ageratina havanensis apparently is the only species of the genus in the flora area with evergreen-persistent leaves. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 552. |
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Synonyms | Eupatorium havanense |
Name authority | (Kunth) R. M. King & H. Robinson: Phytologia 19: 222. (1970) |
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