Ageratum houstonianum
Blue Maudlin, Blue-top Goatweed, Large-flower Ageratum, Blue Billygoat Weed, Mexican ageratum, Blue Billy-goat Weed, Flossflower, Ageratum, Blue Billygoat-weed, Bluemink, Blue Mink, Floss Flower, Mexican Paintbrush, Garden Ageratum, Hawaii Blue, Cotton Floss, Maile Hohono
Description
An ornamental herbaceous plant with a compact growth habit; its low, globular form makes it suitable for use in landscaping, in flowerbeds and borders, where it creates uniform, colourful clumps, and can also be combined with other species of varying heights to create a sense of depth. It flowers repeatedly from mid-spring until mid-autumn, producing flowers in bluish, light blue or purplish shades depending on the variety. Suitable for a range of sun exposures, it is easy to care for.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Angiospermae
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Ageratum
- Species
- Ageratum houstonianum
Synonyms (6)
- Ageratum mexicanum
- Ageratum pinetorum
- Ageratum wendlandii
- Alomia pinetorum
- Cacalia mentrasto
- Carelia houstoniana
