Beneath my redbud, awash in spring with pink flowers, arises a new set of blooms. White ones, in late summer. These are the flowers of white snakeroot, a plant that reaches 3 to 4 feet tall, up to … ...

White snakeroot (Ageratina altissima) is a potentially toxic plant, particularly for dairy animals as the toxins can be passed through the milk. It caused many human deaths during the age of ...

It was not until the 1920s that it was recognized that cattle that grazed on white snakeroot caused humans to die if they drank the cow’s milk.

White Snakeroot - Ageratina altissima , a member of the Aster family - is a native plant once thought to cure snakebites, but in ... Share Photos & Video; Send Us a News Tip; ...

White snakeroot is toxic. This plant is can grow anywhere from 1-4 feet high, has fibrous roots and produces white, tuft like flowers, the leaves are opposite, broadly ovate, ...

Its flowers are pretty and look like white ageratum, but be careful if you pick them. ... Snakeroot flowers are pretty but the plant is toxic. Updated: Sep. 15, 2014, 10:30 a.m.

Gardening columnist Charlie Giedeman identified this plant as white snakeroot, a poisonous weed that grows in the Midwest. News-Democrat Q: Enclosed is a weed that has been growing in my vegetable ...

Genus/species/variety: Eupatorium rugosum 'Chocolate' (a.k.a. Ageratina altissima 'Chocolate' - botanical nomenclature is always shifting and changing. The Eupatorium genus, and many species, are ...