Ageratum houstonianum
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Vumba Rd, nr Mountain Lodge
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By road from Swynnerton Memorial to main road, Chirinda Forest
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Tava Marsh, Moribane Forest
Photo: Mark Hyde
By Mukuvisi River, Mukuvisi Woodlands, Harare
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By Mukuvisi River, Mukuvisi Woodlands, Harare
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Ageratum conyzoides L. subsp. houstonianum (Mill.) Sahu Ageratum mexicanum Sims |
| Common names: | Floss flower (English) |
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Annual herb, 10-60 cm. Leaves: base usually cordate. Florets purple, occasionally pale lilac to white. Phyllaries 4-5 mm, linear-lanceolate, attenuate, entire, ciliate, the back densely glandular-hairy. Style arms exserted 2 mm or more from corolla tube. |
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| Flowering time: | Oct - May |
| Worldwide distribution: | Native of Mexico but also a pantropical weed. |
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| Insects associated with this species: | Hypolimnas misippus (Food plant) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Beentje, H.J. & Ghazanfar, S.A. (eds.) (2005). Compositae (Part 3) Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 828 - 832. (Includes a picture). Fabian, A. & Germishuizen, G. (1997). Wild Flowers of Northern South Africa. Fernwood Press, Vlaeburg. Page 436. (Includes a picture). Henderson, L. (2001). Alien weeds and invasive plants Plant Protection Research Institute Handbook No. 12. Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Council, South Africa. Page 39. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 23. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 59. Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Page 498. (Includes a picture). |
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