Characteristics
Dicots
Ageratum houstonianum Mill.
BLUEMINK
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The peduncles and phyllaries are usually stipitate-glandular, although occasionally are glabrous (Johnson 1971). The leaf blades do not have the conspicuous yellow punctate glands like A. conyzoides.
Not Native FACU (NWPL)
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Classification
ASTERALES
Ageratum houstonianum Mill. - BLUEMINK
Citation
AGERATUM HOUSTONIANUM Miller, Gard. Dict., ed. 8. 1768.
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MEXICO: Veracruz: Without data, Houston s.n. (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by M. F. Johnson, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 58: 21. 1971.
Species Distribution Map

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Synonyms
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Ageratum conyzoides var. mexicanum
Ageratum conyzoides Linnaeus, var. mexicanum (Sims) de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 108. 1836.
BASIONYM: Ageratum mexicanum Sims 1825.
 
Ageratum houstonianum forma luteum
Ageratum houstonianum Miller, forma luteum B. L. Robinson, Contr. Gray Herb. 68: 6. 1923.
 
 
Ageratum houstonianum forma niveum
Ageratum houstonianum Miller, forma niveum B. L. Robinson, Contr. Gray Herb. 68: 6. 1923.
 
 
Ageratum houstonianum forma normale
Ageratum houstonianum Miller, forma normale B. L. Robinson, Contr. Gray Herb. 68: 5. 1923, nom. inadmiss.
BASIONYM: Ageratum houstonianum Miller 1768.
 
Ageratum houstonianum var. angustatum
Ageratum houstonianum Miller, var. angustatum B. L. Robinson, Contr. Gray Herb. 68: 6. 1923.
 
TYPE: FRANCE: Provence: Maritima Alps at Menton, 1878, Walther s.n. (holotype: Z; isotype: GH fragm).
Ageratum houstonianum var. typicum
Ageratum houstonianum Miller, var. typicum B. L. Robinson, Contr. Gray Herb. 68: 5. 1923, nom. inadmiss.
BASIONYM: Ageratum houstonianum Miller 1768.
 
Ageratum mexicanum
Ageratum mexicanum Sims, Bot. Mag. 52: t. 2524. 1825.
 
TYPE: MEXICO: Cult. in England, without data (lectotype: Sims, Bot. Mag. 52: t. 2524. 1825). Lectotypified by M. F. Johnson, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 58: 22. 1971.
Ageratum mexicanum
Ageratum mexicanum Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. 1: t. 89. 1825, non Sims 1825.
 
TYPE: MEXICO: Cult. in England, without data (lectotype: Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. 1: t. 89. 1825). Lectotypified by M. F. Johnson, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 58: 22. 1971.
Ageratum mexicanum forma albiflorum
Ageratum mexicanum Sims, forma albiflorum Voss, Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 445. 1894.
 
 
Ageratum mexicanum forma album
Ageratum mexicanum Sims, forma album (M. Vilmorin) Voss, Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 445. 1894.
BASIONYM: Ageratum wendlandii M. Vilmorin, var. album M. Vilmorin 1884.
 
Specimens and Distribution

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