Common name
English: Goatweed
German: Leberbalsam
Mandarin: 藿香蓟 (huo xiang ji)
Portuguese: Mentrasto
English: Goatweed
German: Leberbalsam
Mandarin: 藿香蓟 (huo xiang ji)
Portuguese: Mentrasto
Kingdom: Plantae (2635)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2573)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2146)
Order: Asterales (237)
Family: Asteraceae (221)(family description)
Genus: Ageratum (1)
Epithet: conyzoides L. (1)
Synonym: Ageratum album Hort.Berol.
album => dead white, without lustre
conyzoides => resembling or like Conyza
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: blue, purple, white
Check for Ageratum conyzoides at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI