Entry for AGERATUM conyzoides L. [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 253, (1877) Author: (By Prof. Oliver and W. P. Hiern.)
Names
AGERATUM conyzoidesL. [family COMPOSITAE], DC. Prodr. v. p. 108.
Information
Erect branching annual, varying to 3 ft.; branches subterete, finely striate, hirsute above. Leaves ovate, obtuse or subacute, base abruptly or obtusely narrowed, crenate or crenate-serrate, 1–3 in. long, 1/2–2 in. broad; petiole varying to 1 or 2 in., often much shorter. Capitula 1/4 in. diam., in dense terminal panicled corymbs. Involucre nearly glabrous. Achenes black, glabrous or obsoletely setulose.
