White Snakeroot

Ageratina altissima

  • White Snakeroot
  • White Snakeroot
  • Flower name
    White Snakeroot
  • Scientific name
    Ageratina altissima
  • Alias丸葉藤袴, Ageratina altissima, White Snakeroot, Tall Boneset
  • Place of originNorth America
  • Place of floweringFields and footpaths
  • Flowering seasonSeptember, October

What is White Snakeroot

White Snakeroot or tall boneset (scientific name: Ageratina altissima) is a perennial herb in the genus chrysanthemum, Department of ageratina is naturalized from North America. In the fall, white tubular flowers, 20 as bloom. On poisonous plants in the United States as many as 1,000 people died in milk.

Common name: White Snakeroot, scientific name: Ageratina altissima, synonym: Eupatorium rugosum, also known as: Ageratina altissima, Tall Boneset, origin: North America, the plant height: 30-150 cm, leaf: oval, leaf: serrated with, leaf color: dark green, flowers: flower heads, Corolla: tubular flowers, flowerheads: no flower color: white, breeding: entomophilous, wind-pollinated, fruit: achene. Note: poisonous plants.


  • Order
    Asterales
  • Family
    Asteraceae
  • Genus
    Ageratina
  • Species
    A. altissima
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Corymbose inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Tubular
  • Leaf type
    ovoid
  • Edge of the leaf
    Serrated
  • Life typeperennial herb
  • Flower colorsWhite
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height30.0 ~ 150.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower0.7 ~ 0.8 cm

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