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(A. Gray) R. M. King & H. Robinson

Phytologia 19: 216. 1970.

Common names: Rothrock’s snakeroot
Basionym: Eupatorium rothrockii A. Gray in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 102. 1884
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 550. Mentioned on page 548.
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Revision as of 20:35, 16 December 2019

Perennials, (20–)40–70(–150) cm (slender, fibrous-rooted crowns, with slender rhizomes). Stems ascending to erect, puberulent to glabrate. Leaves opposite; petioles 2–20 mm; blades (3–5-nerved) lanceolate to lanceolate-ovate, mostly 3–6 × (1.5–)2–3 cm, bases obtuse to truncate, margins serrate to crenate, apices acute to acuminate, sparsely puberulent abaxially, mostly along nerves. Heads clustered. Peduncles 5–12(–20) mm, puberulent. Involucres 5–7 mm. Phyllaries: apices acute, abaxial faces glabrous or glabrescent, eglandular. Corollas white, lobes short-villous. Cypselae sparsely and finely strigose-hirsute. 2n = 85 [ca. 100, fide A. M. Powell on label].


Phenology: Flowering (Jul–)Aug–Oct.
Habitat: Rocky slopes and ledges, in oak-juniper, pine-oak, pine, aspen, and spruce-fir woodland
Elevation: 1700–2400 m

Distribution

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Ariz., N.Mex., Tex., Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Sonora).

Discussion

Ageratina rothrockii is similar to A. altissima, probably its western vicariant, and the two perhaps would be justifiably treated as conspecific.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Rocky slopes and ledges, in oak-juniper, pine-oak, pine, aspen, and spruce-fir woodland +
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