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Ageratum houstonianum Mill.
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Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Asteraceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Annual

Native Range: Native to Mexico, Central America and South America; cultivated and sometimes naturalized elsewhere.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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Other data on Ageratum houstonianum available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Ageratum houstonianum has been found in the following 7 conservation areas :
Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Hillsboro Pineland Natural Area	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Jonathan Dickinson State Park	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Meissner Hammock	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Red Reef Park, including Gumbo Limbo Nature Center	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Riverbend Park	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park	Present	Not Native, Naturalized

	Occurrence	Native Status
Ageratum houstonianum has been found in the following 4 counties :
Broward County		Not Native, Naturalized
Lee County		Not Native, Naturalized
Miami-Dade County		Not Native, Naturalized
Palm Beach County		Not Native, Naturalized