Flowers of Himalaya
Blue billy Goat weed
Botanical name: Ageratum conyzoides
Family: Asteraceae
(Sunflower family)
Medicinal
Antibacterial – Leaf – wound healing
Insecticidal – (leaf oil) against weevils.
Goat weed is a common tropical annual herbaceous weed. It
is an erect softly hairy annual plant which grows up to a height of 2.5 feet.
Oppositely arranged leaves are ovate to lance-like, coarsely rounded, and have
toothed margin. Numerous pale blue or whitish flowerheads are 6 mm across,
often forming dense domed to flat-topped clusters in leaf axils or end of
branches. Flowers most of the year. The stem is often red and has long white
hairs. The weak aromatic unpleasant smelling leaves are also covered with fine
hair. The dark seeds have scales and ends in a needle-like shape. In
alternative medicine, ageratum is used against epilepsy and wounds, also used
as an insect repellent.
Pic:Uttarakhand, INDIA
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