Mistflower
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Other Names Blue Boneset, Wild Ageratum
Scientific Name Conoclinium coelestinum
Family Name Aster ( Asteraceae )
 


Upright to 4 ft.

Flower: Head to 1/4 in across. Ray flowers absent. Disk flowers 40-50, blue to purplish blue, styles threadlike, conspicuously protruding. Numerous heads form terminal clusters.

Leaves: To 3 in. long, opposite, stalked, the blade widest at base. Triangular or deeply notched at base. Conspicuously veined. Margins toothed.
Reference:
Geyata Ajilvsgi Wildflowers of Texas p. 385
Campbell and Lynn Loughmiller Texas Wildflowers, Revised Edition (2006) p. 28
April - December
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