Minnesota Seasons - annual fleabane

Conservation • Wetland • Description • Habitat • Ecology • Use • Distribution • Taxonomy


Conservation Status
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
		Sources 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 28, 29, 30.
10/13/2024

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)
Section	Phalacroloma (annual and daisy fleabanes)

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		Inflorescence


Inflorescence


		Flower heads


Flower heads		Flower heads


		Flower head


Flower head


Flower head		Flower head



Leaves		Leaves


Leaves		Stem


Stem		Early spring


Early spring

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Daisy Fleabane (Erigeron annuus)
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Annual fleabane (Erigeron annuus) - 2013-08-06
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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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