Ageratum conyzoides L.

English: Goatweed

German: Leberbalsam

Mandarin: 藿香蓟 (huo xiang ji)

Portuguese: Mentrasto

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Asterales (229)

        Family: Asteraceae (228)(family description)

          Genus: Ageratum (1)

            Epithet: conyzoides L. (1)

Synonyms: Ageratum album Hort.Berol., Ageratum arsenei B.L.Rob., Ageratum brachystephanum Regel, Ageratum ciliare Lour., Ageratum coeruleum Desf., Ageratum conyzoides (Willd.) B.L.Rob., Ageratum cordifolium Roxb., Ageratum hirsutum Lam., Ageratum hirtum Lam., Ageratum humile Larrañaga, Ageratum latifolium Cav., Ageratum muticum Griseb., Ageratum nanum Sch.Bip., Ageratum obtusifolium Lam., Ageratum odoratum Bailly, Ageratum sandwicense H.Lév., Ageratum suffruticosum Regel, Alomia coelestina (Regel) B.L.Rob., Alomia microcarpa Standl., Cacalia mentrasto Vell.Conc., Caelestina suffruticosa Sw., Carelia brachystephana (Regel) Kuntze, Carelia conyzoides (L.) Kuntze, Carelia mutica (Griseb.) Kuntze, Coelestina latifolia Benth. ex Oersted, Coelestina microcarpa Benth. ex Oersted, Coelestina suffruticosa Sweet, Eupatorium conyzoides (L.) E.H.L.Krause, Eupatorium paleaceum Sessé & Moc., Phalacraea coelestina Regel, Piqueria coelestina (Regel) Hieron., Sparganophorus obtusifolius Lag.

album => dead white, without lustre

coeruleum => sky-blue, blue

conyzoides => resembling or like Conyza

cordifolium => with heart-shaped leaves

hirsutum => having long distinct hairs, rough, hairy

hirtum => hairy, shaggy, rough, rude, unpolished

humile => of low growth

latifolia => with broad leaves

latifolium => with broad leaves

microcarpa => bearing small fruit

muticum => curtailed, docked, pointless blunt, awn-less

obtusifolium => with leaves blunt at the apex

obtusifolius => with leaves blunt at the apex

odoratum => sweet-smelling

suffruticosa => slowly growing, sub-shrubby

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: blue, purple, white

Check for Ageratum conyzoides at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [186] Ageratum conyzoides - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
• [409] Ageratum conyzoides: A Tropical Source of Medicinal and Agricultural Products - Special reference to medicinal aspects
• [447] Ageratum conyzoides - Plants For A Future database

• [12] Dokosi, O.B. (1998): Herbs of Ghana. Ghana University Press, Accra, Ghana.
• [13] Sauerborn E., Sauerborn J. (1985): Wichtige Unkrautarten der Tropen und Subtropen. Verlag Josef Margraf, Weikersheim, Germany.