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Ageratina gracilis

Ageratina gracilis
Photo: David Román Arboleda, CC BY 4.0

Ageratina gracilis is a small Andean daisy-family shrub or herb native to mountain slopes of Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela, grown mainly for study rather than as a garden plant. Little cultivation information is available, so it is best treated as a cool, bright, well-drained plant that suits high-altitude conditions.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water when the top of the soil feels dry; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Free-draining, humus-rich mix.
Temperature
10–22 °C; protect below 5 °C
Native range
Colombia to NW. Venezuela and Ecuador

About

Ageratina gracilis is a plant in the family Asteraceae, native to South America.

Where it grows

Ageratina gracilis is native to Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela, where it grows in mountains at elevations from 1700 to 4100 meters.

Uses

Ageratina gracilis has been investigated for possible anti-cancer properties.

Other Ageratina plants

Sticky snakeroot · White snakeroot · Lesser snakeroot · Ageratina concordiana · Ageratina crassiramea · Ageratina cuencana · Ageratina glabrata · Havana snakeroot · Fragrant snakeroot · Hammock snakeroot · Lemmon's snakeroot · Privet Leaved Agertina

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ageratina gracilis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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