Ageratina wrightii

Ageratina wrightii (Wright's snakeroot)[3] 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).[4]

Ageratina wrightii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Ageratina
Species:
A. wrightii
Binomial name
Ageratina wrightii
(A.Gray) R.M.King & H.Rob.
Synonyms[1][2]

Etymology

Ageratina is derived from Greek meaning 'un-aging', in reference to the flowers keeping their color for a long time. This name was used by Dioscorides for a number of different plants.[5]

The plant is named for American botanist Charles Wright (1811-1885).[6]

References
  1. "Ageratina wrightii (A.Gray) R.M.King & H.Rob.". The Global Compositae Checklist (GCC) – via The Plant List.
  2. "Ageratina wrightii". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  3. "Ageratina wrightii". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  4. Nesom, Guy L. (2006). "Ageratina wrightii". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 21. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  5. Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521866453 (hardback), ISBN 9780521685535 (paperback). pp 39
  6. Gray, Asa. 1852. Plantae Wrightianae, Texano-Neo-Mexicanae. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany, vol 3, number 5, pages 5-146. description of Eupatorium wrightii on page 87


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