RESUMO:Ageratum fastigiatum (Gardn.) R. M. King et H. Rob. (Asteraceae), conhecido como "matapasto", é uma planta usada na medicina popular como cicatrizante e antimicrobiano. O objetivo deste trabalho foi realizar caracterização morfoanatômica da folha, dos ramos e da raiz de A. fastigiatum. Secções transversais e paradérmicas, coradas com safranina/azul de astra e azul de toluidina foram analisadas ao microscópio. As folhas são alternas ou fasciculadas; a infl orescência é constituída de capítulos; as fl ores com corola lilás; ausência de pápus. A raiz apresenta crescimento secundário na zona de ramifi cação com estruturas secretoras. O caule possui epiderme uniestratifi cada, estômatos, tricomas tectores simples e tricomas glandulares capitados. O pecíolo exibe contorno côncavo-convexo e a epiderme é unisseriada. A lâmina foliar é anfi estomática e o mesófi lo dorsiventral. A epiderme possui células de contorno sinuoso e os estômatos são do tipo anomocítico. Os caracteres morfoanatômicos permitiram estabelecer parâmetros para identifi cação do A. fastigiatum. Unitermos:Ageratum fastigiatum, aspectos estruturais, órgãos vegetativos.ABSTRACT: "Morpho-anatomical characterization of Ageratum fastigiatum (Asteraceae)". Ageratum fastigiatum (Gardn.) R. M. King et H. Rob. (Asteraceae), known as "matapasto", is a plant used in the popular medicine as cicatrizant and antimicrobial. The aim of this work was to perform a morpho-anatomical characterization of the leaves, the stems and the roots from A. fastigiatum. Transversal and paradermic sections, stained with astra safranin/blue and toluidine blue were analyzed under a microscope. The leaves are alternate or fasciculate; the infl orescence is constituted of chapters; the fl owers with lilac corolla; papus is absence. The root presents secondary growth in the ramifi cation area with secretor structures. The stem possesses epidermis unistratifi ed, stomata, simple non-glandular trichomes and capitates glandular trichomes. The petiole exhibits concave-convex outline and the epidermis is uniseriate. The blade leaf is hypostomatic; the mesophyll is dorsiventral. The epidermis possesses cells of sinuous outline and the stomata of the anomocytic type. The morpho-anatomical characters allowed establishing parameters for identifi cation of A. fastigiatum.
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