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family Asteraceae.
These plants grow mainly in the warmer regions of the Americas and West Indies. Over 150 species are
native to Mexico.[5] Some flourish in the cooler areas of the eastern United States. Two Mexican species
have become a pest in parts of Australia and Taiwan.[4] Ageratina used to belong to the genus
Eupatorium, but it has been reclassified.
Contents
1 Description
2 Species
3 Toxicity
4 Medicinal Use
5 Notes
6 External links
Description
The inflorescence consists of multiple fluffy, red or pinkish-white capitula in clusters. These lack the
typical ray flowers of the composites.
They have multiple, much-branched woody stems. The petioles are rather long. The leaves are
triangular, serrate and opposite with a foul-smelling, musky scent.
Species
Ageratina adenophora
Ageratina altissima
Ageratina amblyolepis
Ageratina areolaris
Ageratina aromatica
Ageratina atrocordata
Ageratina beamanii
Ageratina bellidifolia
Ageratina blepharilepis
Ageratina brandegeana
Ageratina brevipes
Ageratina calaminthifolia
Ageratina calophylla
Ageratina campylocladia
Ageratina capillipes
Ageratina cardiophylla
Ageratina cerifera
Ageratina chazaroana
Ageratina chiapensis
Ageratina choricephala
Ageratina collodes
Ageratina concordiana
Ageratina conspicua
Ageratina crassiramea
Ageratina cremastra
Ageratina cronquistii
Ageratina cuencana
Ageratina cylindrica
Ageratina deltoidea
Ageratina dendroides
Ageratina dolichobasis
Ageratina enixa
Ageratina espinosarum
Ageratina etlensis
Ageratina flourensifolia
Ageratina geminata
Ageratina gentryana
Ageratina glabrata
Ageratina glauca
Ageratina glischra
Ageratina gonzalezorum
Ageratina grashoffii
Ageratina gypsophila
Ageratina halbertiana
Ageratina havanensis
Ageratina hasegawana[5]
Ageratina helenae
Ageratina henzium
Ageratina herbacea
Ageratina heterophylla
Ageratina huahuapana[5]
Ageratina hyssopina
Ageratina irrasa
Ageratina isolepis
Ageratina jaliscensis
Ageratina jalpana
Ageratina jolotepecana
Ageratina josepaneroi
Ageratina jucunda
Ageratina kochiana
Ageratina lasia
Ageratina lasioneura
Ageratina leiocarpa
Ageratina lemmonii
Ageratina leptodictyon
Ageratina liebmannii
Ageratina ligustrina
Ageratina luciae-brauniae
Ageratina lucida
Ageratina macbridei
Ageratina macdonaldii
Ageratina macvaughii
Ageratina mairetiana
Ageratina malacolepis
Ageratina manantlana
Ageratina megacephala[5]
Ageratina miahuatlana
Ageratina moorei
Ageratina muelleri
Ageratina neohintonorium
Ageratina nesomii
Ageratina oaxacana
Ageratina occidentalis
Ageratina oligocephala
Ageratina oreithales
Ageratina ovilla
Ageratina ozolotepecana[5]
Ageratina palmeri
Ageratina parayana
Ageratina paupercula
Ageratina pazcuarensis
Ageratina pendula
Ageratina pelotropha
Ageratina petiolaris
Ageratina photina
Ageratina pichinchensis
Ageratina potosina
Ageratina pringlei
Ageratina prunellifolia
Ageratina pseudochilca
Ageratina queretaroana
Ageratina ramireziorum
Ageratina ramonensis
Ageratina resiniflua
Ageratina rhomboidea
Ageratina rhypodes
Ageratina riparia
Ageratina robinsoniana
Ageratina rothrockii
Ageratina rubicaulis
Ageratina salicifolia
Ageratina saltillensis
Ageratina sandersii
Ageratina scordonioides
Ageratina shastensis
Ageratina sodiroi
Ageratina sousae
Ageratina stricta
Ageratina sundbergii
Ageratina thyrsiflora
Ageratina tomentella
Ageratina triangulata
Ageratina triniona
Ageratina venulosa
Ageratina vernalis
Ageratina viburnoides
Ageratina viejoana
Ageratina villarrealii[6]
Ageratina viscosissima
Ageratina warnockii
Ageratina wrightii
Ageratina yecorana
Ageratina zunilana
Toxicity
Milk from cows that have eaten snakeroot can cause illness if ingested because the milk becomes toxic.
Symptoms of milk sickness include vomiting.
Medicinal Use
Ageratina pichinchensis is a traditional Mexican treatment for superficial fungal infections of the skin.
These plant extracts contain encecalin which has activity to inhibit and kill the fungus. Studies have
compared its effectiveness in treating toenail fungus with ciclopirox.[7][8][9]