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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Conoclinium coelestinum   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Conoclinium coelestinum   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Conoclinium coelestinum

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Conoclinium coelestinum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-024:

Eupatorium coelestinum   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Conoclinium coelestinum

 

COMMON NAME:
Mistflower, Wild Ageratum, Hardy Ageratum


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_euco6_001_lvd

        

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Keith Bradley    kab_c_coelestinum_6636

April    Miami-Dade County    FL

Everglades National Park

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_coelestinum_10_0_1

August    Floyd County    GA

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Gill Newberry    gn09_e_ageratum

September        

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Gill Newberry    gn09_e_coelestinum

September        

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JK Marlow    jkm090905_005

September    Pickens County    SC

(Pollinator at work) Involucral bracts awl-shaped, purple-tipped, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Conoclinium coelestinum, Mistflower, Wild Ageratum, Hardy Ageratum

JK Marlow    jkm230922_5576

September    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm230922_5578

September    Greenville County    SC

Disk flowers blue-purple; heads discoid, numerous in terminal corymbs, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Conoclinium coelestinum, Mistflower, Wild Ageratum, Hardy Ageratum

JK Marlow    jkm230922_5580

September    Greenville County    SC

image of Conoclinium coelestinum, Mistflower, Wild Ageratum, Hardy Ageratum

JK Marlow    jkm230922_5581

September    Greenville County    SC

Each bell-shaped head, about 0.2" high, has 35-70 blue-purple disk flowers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Conoclinium coelestinum, Mistflower, Wild Ageratum, Hardy Ageratum

JK Marlow    s081004_a

October    Greenville County    SC

Leaves are triangular, blunt-toothed, stalked, and opposite, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Conoclinium coelestinum, Mistflower, Wild Ageratum, Hardy Ageratum

JK Marlow    jkm0511c_17

November    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Pappus a tuft of whitish bristles, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Conoclinium coelestinum, Mistflower, Wild Ageratum, Hardy Ageratum

JK Marlow    jkm151103_039

November    Greenville County    SC

image of Conoclinium coelestinum, Mistflower, Wild Ageratum, Hardy Ageratum

JK Marlow    jkm181111_5817

November    Williamsburg County    SC

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Conoclinium coelestinum   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Conoclinium coelestinum   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Conoclinium coelestinum

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Conoclinium coelestinum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-024:
Eupatorium coelestinum   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Conoclinium coelestinum

 

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546

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Streambanks, moist to wet disturbed areas, especially ditches, probably more common than formerly, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Petioles 5-25mm long

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Bluish/Violet
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Lustrous black
Achene

 

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