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White snakeroot
Ageratina altissima
Dangerous to: cattle, sheep, goats, horses
If an animal has eaten this, call your vet.
About
Ageratina altissima, also known as white snakeroot, richweed, or white sanicle, is a poisonous perennial herb in the family Asteraceae, native to eastern and central North America. An older binomial name for this species is Eupatorium rugosum, but the genus Eupatorium has undergone taxonomic revision by botanists, and some species once included in it have been moved to other genera.
- Family
- Asteraceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Ageratina altissima
- Slug
- ageratina-altissima
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Ageratina
- Species
- altissima
- Wikidata QID
- Q3271463
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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