FNPS Plant Database
Ageratina jucunda
Nomenclature
Common Name:
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Family:
Asteraceae
Plant Specifics
Form:
Size:
Life Span:
Long-lived perennial
Flower Color:
Fruit Color:
Phenology:
Noted For:
Landscaping
Recommended Uses:
Considerations:
Availability:
Propagation:
Light:
Moisture Tolerance:
Always Flooded---------------------------------Extremely Dry
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Somewhat moist, no flooding -to- Very long very dry periods
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:
Unknown
Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
Soil or Other Substrate:
Soil pH:
Suitable to Grow In:
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Ecology
Wildlife:
Attracts butterflies and bees.
Native Habitats:
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General Comments:
Citations:
BONAP Plant Atlas. (2014). ( https://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Ageratina%20jucunda.png ). Accessed 2025. Biota of North America Program, Chapel Hill, NC.
Florida Wildflower Foundation. (undated) Flower Friday: Ageratina jucunda. ( https://www.flawildflowers.org/flower-friday-ageratina-jucunda/ ). Accessed 2025.
Gann, G.D., C.J. Abbott, C.G. Stocking, K.N. Hines, and collaborators. Natives For Your Neighborhood. ( https://www.regionalconservation.org/beta/nfyn/plantdetail.asp?tx=Agerjucu ). Accessed 2025. The Institute for Regional Conservation. Delray Beach, Florida.
Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.
