Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Ageratina herbacea is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common names fragrant snakeroot and Apache snakeroot. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in several habitat types. This is a perennial herb growing a green, fuzzy stem from a woody caudex to heights between about 50 and 70 centimeters. The leaves are yellow to green or grayish and are triangular to heart-shaped. The flower cluster is a cluster of fuzzy flower heads under a centimeter long.

Plant type

Perennial herb

Size

2 ft Tall

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Color

Yellow, Green

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Site type

meadows, open slopes

Plant communities

Pinyon-Juniper Woodland