Asteraceae
Bluemink
Ageratum houstonianum
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Ageratum
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Common names
By language (22)
- Armenian
- Անծերի մեքսիկական
- Belarusian
- Агератум мексіканскі, Агератум Хоўстана
- Cantonese
- 熊耳草
- Chinese
- 熊耳草, 紫花藿香薊, 勝紅薊, 墨西哥藍薊, 斷血草, 紫花毛麝香, 胜红蓟, 臭草仔
- Czech
- Nestařec americký
- English
- Bluemink, Mexican floss flower, Mexican paintbrush, Pussy foot
- Finnish
- Sinitähtönen, Meksikonsinitähtönen
- German
- Gewöhnlicher Leberbalsam
- Japanese
- オオカッコウアザミ
- Korean
- 불로화
- Lithuanian
- Meksikinis žydrūnis
- Macedonian
- Сина ѕвездичка
- Nepali
- निलो गन्धे
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Blåkurv
- Polish
- Żeniszek meksykański
- pwn
- Kaljaljuljalju
- Russian
- Агератум Гаустона
- Serbian
- Агератум
- Slovak
- Agerát mexický
- Slovenian
- Navadni nepostarnik
- Swedish
- Leverbalsam
- Welsh
- Ageratwm
Synonyms
- Ageratum conyzoides subsp. houstonianum (Mill.) M.Sharma
- Ageratum conyzoides subsp. houstonianum (Mill.) Sahu
- Ageratum conyzoides var. houstonianum (Mill.) T.R.Sahu
- Ageratum conyzoides var. mexicanum (Sims) DC.
- Ageratum houstonianum f. houstonianum
- Ageratum houstonianum f. luteum B.L.Rob.
- Ageratum houstonianum f. niveum B.L.Rob.
- Ageratum houstonianum f. normale B.L.Rob.
- Ageratum houstonianum var. angustatum B.L.Rob.
- Ageratum houstonianum var. houstonianum
- Ageratum houstonianum var. typicum B.L.Rob.
- Ageratum mexicanum Sweet
- Ageratum mexicanum Sims
- Ageratum mexicanum f. caeruleum Voss
- Ageratum mexicanum f. lasseauxii (Carrière) Voss
- Ageratum mexicanum f. mexicanum
- Ageratum mexicanum f. wendlandii Voss
- Ageratum mexicanum var. majus Voss
- Ageratum mexicanum var. mexicanum
- Ageratum mexicanum var. nanum Voss
- Ageratum wendlandii Hort. ex Vilm.
- Ageratum wendlandii Bailly
- Cacalia mentrasto Vell.
- Cacalia mentrasto Vell.Conc.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Harry Alverson, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Shruti Pandey, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Gonzalez Edgar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Achilles at Czech Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Shalini yadav, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Kor!An, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: james odin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Fluffi80, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Mik Frosty, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dwight Sipler from Stow, MA, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Sabyasachi Dasgupta, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.