Ageratina altissima
Location: Woods, sw meadow
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Range: eastern N,. America
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Plants are found in woods and brush thickets where they bloom mid to late summer or fall. The flowers are a clean white color and after blooming small seeds with fluffy white tails are released to blow in the wind. Contains the toxin tremetol; tremetol poisoning is also called milk sickness, as humans often ingested the toxin by drinking the milk of cows who had eaten snakeroot. It was the cause of death of Nancy Hanks, mother of Abraham Lincoln. Link Link photo photo Genus: Ageratina (Snakeroot) Family: Asteraceae (compositae ( aster, daisy, or sunflower family)) Order: Asterales (asterales) Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Phylum/Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants) Kingdom: Plantae (Plants) |