annual fleabane

(Erigeron annuus)

Conservation Status
annual fleabane
 
  IUCN Red List

not listed

     
  NatureServe

N5 - Secure

SNR - Unranked

     
  Minnesota

not listed

     
           
Wetland Indicator Status
     
  Great Plains

FACU - Facultative upland

     
  Midwest

FACU - Facultative upland

     
  Northcentral & Northeast

FACU - Facultative upland

     
           
 
Description
 
 

The stems are very leafy and have long, spreading hairs on the lower, middle, and upper portions.

Stem leaves broadly lance-shaped. The leaf blades are not clasping. The margins are usually sharply toothed.

 
     
 

Height

 
 

24 to 48

 
     
 

Flower Color

 
 

White to pinkish

 
     
 

Similar Species

 
 

 

 
     
 
Habitat
 
 

Disturbed sites.

 
     
 
Ecology
 
 

Flowering

 
 

June to October

 
     
 

Pests and Diseases

 
 

 

 
     
 
Use
 
 

 

 
     
 
Distribution
 
 

Distribution Map

 

Sources

2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 28, 29, 30.

 
  2/16/2023      
         
 

Nativity

 
 

Native

 
         
 

Occurrence

 
 

Common

 
         
 
Taxonomy
 
  Kingdom Plantae (green algae and land plants)  
  Subkingdom Viridiplantae (green plants)  
  Infrakingdom Streptophyta (land plants and green algae)  
  Superdivision Embryophyta (land plants)  
  Division Tracheophyta (vascular plants)  
  Subdivision Spermatophytina (seed plants) / Angiospermae (flowering plants)  
  Class Magnoliopsida (flowering plants)  
  Superorder Asteranae  
 

Order

Asterales (sunflowers, bellflowers, fanflowers, and allies)  
 

Family

Asteraceae (sunflowers, daisies, asters, and allies)  
  Subfamily Asteroideae  
  Supertribe Asterodae  
  Tribe Astereae (asters and allies)  
  Subtribe Conyzinae  
  Genus Erigeron (fleabanes and horseweeds)  
       
 

Subordinate Taxa

 
 

 

 
       
 

Synonyms

 
 

Erigeron annuus var. discoideus

Stenactis annua

 
       
 

Common Names

 
 

annual fleabane

daisy fleabane

eastern daisy fleabane

sweet-scabious

tall fleabane

whitetop

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
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Inflorescence

 
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Flower Heads

 
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Flower Head

 
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Leaves

 
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Stem

 
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Early spring

 
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  Daisy Fleabane (Erigeron annuus)
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About

Published on Aug 6, 2013

Erigeron annuus (annual fleabane) is a plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae.

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Zomerfijnstraal (Erigeron annuus; synoniem: Phalacroloma annuum) is een eenjarige plant die behoort tot de composietenfamilie (Asteraceae).

   

 

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