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Ageratum conyzoides
Sign in to saveAlso known as Billygoat-weed, Chickweed, Goatweed, Whiteweed
species of plant
Species
Billygoat Weed
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
Common Name: Mentrasto, hierba de Santa Lucía, retentina, marrubio blanco, chiva, marrubio, marubio, mastranto, yerba de chino.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7,846
- With media
- 4,285
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Collections
- UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, ECOSUR, UNICACH, IIB-UV, CICY, INECOL
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Subclass of
- annual plant
- Parent taxon
- Ageratum
- Image
- Ageratum conyzoides 1.jpg
- Has use
- fodder
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- Commons category
- Ageratum conyzoides
- taxon rank
- species
- taxon name
- Ageratum conyzoides
- Commons gallery
- Ageratum conyzoides
- taxon common name
- Papa tahé
- taxon range
- Gabon
- invasive to
- Indonesia
- short name
- A. conyzoides
- taxon author citation
- L.
- external data available at URL
- www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4
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Encyclopedic overview
Ageratum conyzoides (billygoat-weed, chick weed, goatweed, whiteweed, mentrasto) is native to Tropical America, especially Brazil, and is an invasive weed in many other regions. It is an herb that is 0.5–1 m. high, with ovate leaves 2–6 cm long, and flowers are white to mauve.
In Vietnamese, the plant is called cứt lợn (meaning "pig feces") due to its growth in dirty areas.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ageratum conyzoides” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.