Ageratina wrightii
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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
- ^ The Plant List Ageratina wrightii (A.Gray) R.M.King & H.Rob.
- ^ NRCS. "Ageratina wrightii". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 552 Ageratina wrightii (A. Gray) R. M. King & H. Robinson, Phytologia. 19: 228. 1970.
- ^ 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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