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ageratum

(ăj'ərā`təm, əjĕr`ə–) [Gr.,=unaging], any plant of the genus Ageratum, tropical American annuals of the family Asteraceae (asteraster
[Gr.,=star], common name for the Asteraceae (Compositae), the aster family, in North America, name for plants of the genus Aster, sometimes called wild asters, and for a related plant more correctly called China aster (Callistephus chinensis
..... Click the link for more information.  family). The commonly cultivated species is the Mexican A. houstonianum, with thick terminal clusters of blue flowers. The similar mistflower, a Eupatorium (see bonesetboneset
or thoroughwort
, perennial North American herb (Eupatorium perfoliatum) of the family Asteraceae (aster family), having terminal clusters of small, chiefly white blossoms.
..... Click the link for more information. ), is a perennial sometimes called hardy ageratum. Ageratum is classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Asterales, family Asteraceae.
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When we were tired, we swung in the hammock, you singing to me about the garden, stringing all the old-fashioned flower names into songs that went on and on, ageratum, bachelor's button, columbine, nasturtium, until I drifted off, wrapped in the heavy woven hammock like a chrysalis.
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Adopting her casual yet fruitful approach then, I too have bunged compost into lots of pots and scattered lobelia, Busy Lizzie, asters, geraniums, sweet peas, blue mink ageratum and night scented stock.
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