About Flossflower
Ageratum houstonianum, commonly known as flossflower, bluemink, goatweed, blueweed, pussy foot or Mexican paintbrush, is a cool-season annual plant often grown as bedding in gardens.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ageratum houstonianum
- Genus
- Ageratum
- Family
- ASTERACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Forest edges near streams at high elevations
- Native to
- Tropical America
- Distribution
- Pantropical weed
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Botanical family
Asteraceae
Daisy/Sunflower family
Flossflower belongs to the Asteraceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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