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"Chocolate" Snakeroot cultivar in a Flowerbed, Clark Park, Philadelphia

Photo of White Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima)

plant with opposite, triangular leaves with serrated margins, dark bronze-purple in color

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Taken on Aug. 6, 2014

This photo shows a cultivar in a landscape planting, not a wild plant. Seeds from these plantings, however, frequently establish reproducing populations and also interbreed with wild populations of this common plant.

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