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    Ageratina is a genus of over 330 species of perennials and shrubs native to warmer regions of the Americas and West Indies. They have multiple woody stems, triangular serrated leaves, and fluffy pink or white capitula flower clusters lacking ray flowers. The plants can cause toxicity if consumed, as cows that eat snakeroot produce toxic milk, but some species such as A. pichinchensis have antifungal properties and are used in traditional Mexican medicine to treat skin infections.

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    Ageratina is a genus of over 330 species of perennials and shrubs native to warmer regions of the Americas and West Indies. They have multiple woody stems, triangular serrated leaves, and fluffy pink or white capitula flower clusters lacking ray flowers. The plants can cause toxicity if consumed, as cows that eat snakeroot produce toxic milk, but some species such as A. pichinchensis have antifungal properties and are used in traditional Mexican medicine to treat skin infections.

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    Ageratina

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    Ageratina is a genus of over 330 species of perennials and shrubs native to warmer regions of the Americas and West Indies. They have multiple woody stems, triangular serrated leaves, and fluffy pink or white capitula flower clusters lacking ray flowers. The plants can cause toxicity if consumed, as cows that eat snakeroot produce toxic milk, but some species such as A. pichinchensis have antifungal properties and are used in traditional Mexican medicine to treat skin infections.

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    Ageratina (snakeroot) is a genus of more than 330[1][2][3][4] perennials and rounded shrubs in the

    family Asteraceae.

    These plants grow mainly in the warmer regions of the Americas and West Indies. Over 150 species are
    native to Mexico.[5] Some flourish in the cooler areas of the eastern United States. Two Mexican species
    have become a pest in parts of Australia and Taiwan.[4] Ageratina used to belong to the genus
    Eupatorium, but it has been reclassified.

    Contents

    1 Description

    2 Species

    3 Toxicity

    4 Medicinal Use

    5 Notes

    6 External links

    Description

    The inflorescence consists of multiple fluffy, red or pinkish-white capitula in clusters. These lack the
    typical ray flowers of the composites.

    They have multiple, much-branched woody stems. The petioles are rather long. The leaves are
    triangular, serrate and opposite with a foul-smelling, musky scent.

    Species

    Ageratina adenophora

    Ageratina altissima

    Ageratina amblyolepis

    Ageratina areolaris

    Ageratina aromatica
    Ageratina atrocordata

    Ageratina beamanii

    Ageratina bellidifolia

    Ageratina blepharilepis

    Ageratina brandegeana

    Ageratina brevipes

    Ageratina calaminthifolia

    Ageratina calophylla

    Ageratina campylocladia

    Ageratina capillipes

    Ageratina cardiophylla

    Ageratina cerifera

    Ageratina chazaroana

    Ageratina chiapensis

    Ageratina choricephala

    Ageratina collodes

    Ageratina concordiana

    Ageratina conspicua

    Ageratina crassiramea

    Ageratina cremastra

    Ageratina cronquistii

    Ageratina cuencana

    Ageratina cylindrica

    Ageratina deltoidea

    Ageratina dendroides
    Ageratina dolichobasis

    Ageratina enixa

    Ageratina espinosarum

    Ageratina etlensis

    Ageratina flourensifolia

    Ageratina geminata

    Ageratina gentryana

    Ageratina glabrata

    Ageratina glauca

    Ageratina glischra

    Ageratina gonzalezorum

    Ageratina grashoffii

    Ageratina gypsophila

    Ageratina halbertiana

    Ageratina havanensis

    Ageratina hasegawana[5]

    Ageratina helenae

    Ageratina henzium

    Ageratina herbacea

    Ageratina heterophylla

    Ageratina huahuapana[5]

    Ageratina hyssopina

    Ageratina irrasa

    Ageratina isolepis

    Ageratina jaliscensis
    Ageratina jalpana

    Ageratina jolotepecana

    Ageratina josepaneroi

    Ageratina jucunda

    Ageratina kochiana

    Ageratina lasia

    Ageratina lasioneura

    Ageratina leiocarpa

    Ageratina lemmonii

    Ageratina leptodictyon

    Ageratina liebmannii

    Ageratina ligustrina

    Ageratina luciae-brauniae

    Ageratina lucida

    Ageratina macbridei

    Ageratina macdonaldii

    Ageratina macvaughii

    Ageratina mairetiana

    Ageratina malacolepis

    Ageratina manantlana

    Ageratina megacephala[5]

    Ageratina miahuatlana

    Ageratina moorei

    Ageratina muelleri

    Ageratina neohintonorium
    Ageratina nesomii

    Ageratina oaxacana

    Ageratina occidentalis

    Ageratina oligocephala

    Ageratina oreithales

    Ageratina ovilla

    Ageratina ozolotepecana[5]

    Ageratina palmeri

    Ageratina parayana

    Ageratina paupercula

    Ageratina pazcuarensis

    Ageratina pendula

    Ageratina pelotropha

    Ageratina petiolaris

    Ageratina photina

    Ageratina pichinchensis

    Ageratina potosina

    Ageratina pringlei

    Ageratina prunellifolia

    Ageratina pseudochilca

    Ageratina queretaroana

    Ageratina ramireziorum

    Ageratina ramonensis

    Ageratina resiniflua

    Ageratina rhomboidea
    Ageratina rhypodes

    Ageratina riparia

    Ageratina robinsoniana

    Ageratina rothrockii

    Ageratina rubicaulis

    Ageratina salicifolia

    Ageratina saltillensis

    Ageratina sandersii

    Ageratina scordonioides

    Ageratina shastensis

    Ageratina sodiroi

    Ageratina sousae

    Ageratina stricta

    Ageratina sundbergii

    Ageratina thyrsiflora

    Ageratina tomentella

    Ageratina triangulata

    Ageratina triniona

    Ageratina venulosa

    Ageratina vernalis

    Ageratina viburnoides

    Ageratina viejoana

    Ageratina villarrealii[6]

    Ageratina viscosissima

    Ageratina warnockii
    Ageratina wrightii

    Ageratina yecorana

    Ageratina zunilana

    Toxicity

    Further information: Milk sickness

    Milk from cows that have eaten snakeroot can cause illness if ingested because the milk becomes toxic.
    Symptoms of milk sickness include vomiting.

    Medicinal Use

    Ageratina pichinchensis is a traditional Mexican treatment for superficial fungal infections of the skin.
    These plant extracts contain encecalin which has activity to inhibit and kill the fungus. Studies have
    compared its effectiveness in treating toenail fungus with ciclopirox.[7][8][9]

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