Annual herb ; up to 70 cm high , faintly aromatic , pilose , with shallow , fibrous roots . Stems erect to ascending , often red , sparsely pilose and whitish pubescent , especially at nodes . Leaves opposite , 2–6 × 1 . 5–4 cm , ovate , acute to rounded , basally cuneate , margins crenate ; petiole up to 3 cm , thin , pubescent . Inflorescences arranged in cymosely branched clusters . Flowers 35–80 , white to violet , tubular , perfect , glabrous . Fruit achenes , 1–2 mm long , 5-angled , black , scabrous on the ridges . Seeds pappus , 1 . 5-3 mm long , of 5(-6) rigid , scarious scales abruptly tapering into a scabrous awn . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .
No Data
Secure (G5) - Global Assessment
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Ageratum album Steud.
Carelia conyzoides (L.) Kuntze
Eupatorium conyzoides (L.) E.H.L.Krause
No data
maintenanceAr.Item1
Billygoat-weed
Chick weed
Goatweed
Whiteweed
Tropical whiteweed
Tropical Ageratum
Invading Ageratum
Blue Flowered Groundsel
Blue Top
Mother Brinkley
Mentrasto
Not used traditionally.
*Ghazanfar, S. (2015). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.3: Loganiaceae – Asteraceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 9789082352511 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *http://floranorthamerica.org *https://www.nparks.gov.sg *https://keys.lucidcentral.org *Patzelt, A. Pysek, P. Pergl, J. Van Kleunen, M. (2022). Alien flora of Oman: invasion status, taxonomic composition, habitats, origin, and pathways of introduction. Doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02711-4. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
