Summary ²

Ageratina altissima, also known as white snakeroot,richweed,white sanicle, or tall boneset, is a poisonous perennial herb in the family Asteraceae, native to eastern North America. An older binomial name for this species was Eupatorium rugosum, but the genus Eupatorium has undergone taxonomic revision by botanists and a number of the species once included there have been moved to other genera.

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1. (c) Ronald Kielb, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/53874483@N03/5040978802
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ageratina_altissima

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