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 … ...

Snakeroot, also called white snakeroot, comprises over 330 plants in its genus. It was previously thought that the plant could treat venomous snake bites, but that proved to be false.

White snakeroot is toxic. This plant is can grow anywhere from 1-4 feet high, ... broadly ovate, with long petioles (leaf stems) and large teeth. Blooms July–October. ...

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 ...

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 ...

White Snakeroot - Ageratina altissima , a member of the Aster family - is a native plant once thought to cure snakebites, but in fact, it's toxic. Latest. U.S. World; Election; ...

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.

The white snakeroot was responsible for poisoning the milk that killed Nancy Hanks Lincoln.