Bluemink (Ageratum houstonianum)

Bluemink, a reference photo — Photo: Harry Alverson · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

Ageratum houstonianum, commonly known as flossflower, bluemink, goatweed, blueweed, pussy foot or Mexican paintbrush, is a cool-season annual plant often grown as bedding in gardens.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Bluemink being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Ageratum conyzoides
Praxelis clematidea
Conoclinium coelestinum
Conoclinium betonicifolium

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Ageratum
Species: Ageratum houstonianum

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