Ageratum houstonianum

Ageratum houstonianum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Ageratum
Species:
A. houstonianum
Binomial name
Ageratum houstonianum
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Ageratum mexicanum Sweet
  • Ageratum mexicanum Sims
  • Ageratum wendlandii Hort. ex Vilm.
  • Ageratum wendlandii Bailly
  • Cacalia mentrasto Vell.
  • Carelia houstoniana (Mill.) Kuntze

Ageratum houstonianum, commonly known as flossflower, bluemink, goatweed, blueweed, pussy foot or Mexican paintbrush, is a cool-season annual plant[2][3] often grown as bedding in gardens.[4]

  1. ^ "Ageratum houstonianum Mill.". The Global Compositae Checklist (GCC) – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
  2. ^ "Ageratum houstonianum (Ageratum, Blue Billygoatweed, Bluemink, Floss Flower, Mexican Ageratum)". North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox. NC State Ag Extension. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  3. ^ "Ageratum houstonianum". Plant Finder. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  4. ^ Eckehart J. Jäger, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd K. Müller (ed.): Rothmaler - excursion flora of Germany. Volume 5: Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants . Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8 , p. 553 .