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Ageratina jucunda
Also called Lesser Snakeroot
Hammock snakeroot is a perennial herb in the daisy family, native only to hammocks (shaded hardwood forest islands) in Georgia and Florida, reaching about 0.9 m tall. It is a wild woodland species rarely grown in gardens, so care is mainly about giving it shade and moist, well-drained soil like its natural habitat.
Ageratina jucunda, called the Hammock snakeroot, is a North American species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is found only in the southeastern United States, in the states of Georgia and Florida. It is a perennial herb growing up to 3 ft (0.91 m) tall.
Sticky snakeroot · White snakeroot · Lesser snakeroot · Ageratina concordiana · Ageratina crassiramea · Ageratina cuencana · Ageratina glabrata · Ageratina gracilis · Havana snakeroot · Fragrant snakeroot · Lemmon's snakeroot · Privet Leaved Agertina
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ageratina jucunda 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.
