• Family : ASTERACEAE
  (ASTER or SUNFLOWER FLOWER)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Compositae
• Species : Ageratum conyzoides
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ageratum conyzoides L.
• Common name : Goat Weed
• Vernacular name : Visadoori (Hin.); Nayi Tulasi, Muguthi gida (Kan.); Vaadaichedi (Tam.); Poksunga, Boksunga, Dengsingi (Ori.); Visamustin (San.)
• Key identification features : A highly variable herb. Leaves opposite, ovate, crenate, palmately 3-nerved. Heads in panicles; bracts sometimes glandular hairy. Flowers white or purple. Achenes sparsely scabrous.
• Habit : Herb
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the Year
• Native : America
• Comments : Often in plains to 1300 m. Most abundant weed of disturbed ground, fallow fields etc.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
• World Distribution : Tropical & sub-tropics of the World
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Ageratum conyzoides. Downloaded on 1 February 2025.

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