Blue Mistflower, Wild Ageratum, Blue Boneset
More information on this flower (Source):
Mistflower grows to 3 feet high, but often lower, with leaves opposite, somewhat triangular in shape, and bluntly toothed. At the top of the plant the branches, with their short-stemmed clusters of flowers, form an almost flat top. Disk flowers are bright blue or violet, about 1/4 inch long. There are no ray flowers.
Blue Mistflower attracts bees and butterflies. However, this wildflower spreads quickly and can become a pest.
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I did my homework this time to find the information on this wildflower, Mr. Steve! Thanks for the motivation. Cheers! Hope you like this portrait.
Which cam dee you are using, any specific kind of lenses used for capturing this? Where this beautiful flower Blue Mist flower grown mostly.. im very much weak in Botany.. Have a great weekend 🙂
I used Canon EOS 700D 18-55 mm lens for this photo which was taken in Palampur, HP. I too don’t know about the details, you may check the link I have shared in this post.
Thanks, Ankit. You too have a great weekend. 🙂
It’s a beautiful capture, Nandini. The description just adds so much more to the beauty of the flower.
Thank you very much, Asha! 🙂
Ah, how beautiful, Nandini! 🙂
Thanks a lot, Marina! 🙂
beautifully fotographed.
Thank you, Anand! 🙂
Stunning. It’s quite amazing that some purple plants have the ability to become pests.
It is amazing! Thanks, Miriam. 🙂
Such a lovely image and wildflower, Nandini. 🙂
Thanks, Sylvia! 🙂
Very beautiful indeed. And I think the information you added makes me want to look more closely at the flower. Nicely done.
Good to hear from you, Otto. Thanks a lot. 🙂
It’s exquisite Nandini, where was it growing?
It was somewhere among the wild grass alongside the road. The place was Palampur (Himalayan region). These flowers are quite common there. Thank you, Gilly! 🙂
I see that a couple of commenters mentioned appreciating the extra information about the flower that you looked up. If this is Conoclinium coelestinum, then it’s the same species that I’ve found growing wild in my own neighborhood:
https://portraitsofwildflowers.wordpress.com/2011/10/21/blue-mistflower/
Yes it is the same! Thanks for stopping by and sharing the fabulous top view pic of this flower. 🙂
Do you know whether this American species was brought to your part of the world on purpose or whether is was an accidental transfer?
that’s a great question – and it would interest me too. i’ve been inspired to google this, but all the official sites indicate that this is a species native to North America. so far this blog post is the only one i could find which indicates the presence of this wildflower in the Himilayas.
When I visited Australia in 2005 I was surprised to come across some Texas lantana growing wild alongside a path there. Plenty of Eurasian species have taken root over here. That’s what’s happened over the last several hundred years, when every part of the earth has become accessible to people (and therefore plants) from other parts of the world.
Hi Steve and Chris,
I too searched Google for more information on this flower but couldn’t find much. According to Victoria (see the comment below), mist flowers can be found in Australia as well. Now, all I can think is that the data for this flower might not be updated in the websites. Also, since it’s a wild flower, it has a higher probability of being anywhere in the world. I mean I have encountered it since my childhood! 🙂
Glad to have this discussion. Thanks, Steve and Chris. 🙂
Hi again,
I found another photo of it being in Himalayas. Here: http://widenyourhorizon.com/blue-mist-flowers-himalayas/
I see that Conoclinium coelestinum grows in some of the states in the eastern United States that used to be British colonies. I wonder if the British carried the plant back to Britain and then from there to one or more of their colonies in Asia.
Wow, yes, that’s a possibility. You found a connection which might explain the migration of the wildflower. Although one question still remains: why would people transport wildflowers along with them?
One answer would be: just because they liked the flowers. Another possibility is that people believed the plant to have medicinal value.
Very hard to tell. 🙂
what a beautiful flower, Nandini. it’s actually quite unusual that there are so many of them in the Himilayas. Steve’s comment made me google, and now i too would find it interesting to learn how this wildflower came to grow there.
Unusual, may be, because our knowledge is limited by the information available in the books and internet (which might be outdated now). But isn’t this wonderful? Photos from different parts of the world made us aware that Nature is surely wonderful and vast, much more than we can imagine!
Or, our eyes (as well the camera) are fooling us. But I highly doubt that in this case.
Let’s hope we get our answers soon. If I meet a botanist, I’m sure I’m going to ask. I’m so curious now!
Thanks, Chris. 🙂
Lovely image, Nandini.
We have this blue mist flower here in Australia and I’ve photographed it in the Botanic Gardens. It seems to change colour with the light and time of day, but it certainly looks lovely when in full bloom.
Hi, Victoria! Thanks for sharing that information. I so needed to know that this flower is ubiquitous. It certainly is fascinating. Do you have a post where you have shared this mist flower? If not, can you please share with us all? 🙂
Will do Nandini.
I’ll re-post it (as I’ve turned my old blog, where it was originally posted, on to ‘private’ now).
Please do create a ping-back so that it’s easy know when you share it. Thanks. 🙂
Wow….u r a talent Nandini
Thanks for your kind words, Saaransh! 🙂
What a beautifully soft image 🙂
Thank you, Jo! 🙂
Nice composition and the choice of depth of field.
Glad you liked it. Thank you! 🙂
You’ve got really lovely pictures 🙂 !!
Thank you for your lovely and generous comment. 🙂