Ageratum conyzoides (Compositae)

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Ageratum conyzoides
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The Ageratum conyzoides plant species is found in S. America. It is a member of the Compositae family.

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Latin Name:  Ageratum conyzoides
Family:  Compositae
Author:  L.

Known Hazards:  None known

Mature Height:  1   Mature Width:

Habitat:  A common weed of cultivated ground, having spread from its native range to all areas of the Tropics within 20° of the Equator, to an altitude of 2,500 metres[200].

Cultivation Notes: Succeeds in full sun in a sheltered position in any reasonably fertile moisture-retentive soil that does not dry out in the summer[200]. Plant vigour and flowering periods are much reduced on dry soils[200]. This species is not frost hardy, though it can be grown as a summer annual in Britain[200]. The fresh plant is malodorous[200].

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