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Light Requirements: full sun/part shade

Soil Moisture: medium/wet

Bloom Color: white

Bloom Time: September to frost

Height: 3-5 ft.

Root Structure: rhizomes

Deer Resistant? Yes

Black Walnut tolerant? Yes

Grown from local seed? No

New York Flora Atlas Distribution Map

Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima)

From $6.00

I’m native to NY state and Tompkins county.

I will grow in full sun, but prefer part shade.

I can spread so work well for those shady areas where you need something to fill in.

*Native Americans were thought to use a decoction from my roots for a snakebite remedy.

*Settlers who drank milk from cows who had eaten me often developed the disease called milk sickness.

I’m a host plant for the Ruby Tiger Moth.

* Information from MO Botanical Garden website

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