Erigeron floribundus

(Kunth) Sch.Bip.

Asthma weed

AsteraceaeLeaves

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves

The leaves are edible.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant. It is common in wet regions along roadsides. It grows between 400-2,000 m above sea level in Kenya.

Africa, Argentina, Asia, East Africa, India, Kenya, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Southern Africa, South America, Tanzania, USA, West Africa,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Angola, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Bahrain, Burundi, Benin, Brunei, Bolivia, Brazil, Bhutan, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Chile, Cameroon, China, Colombia, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Georgia, French Guiana, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Comoros, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Myanmar, Mongolia, Mauritania, Mauritius, Maldives, Malawi, Malaysia, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Nepal, Oman, Peru, Philippines, Pakistan, Paraguay, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sudan, Singapore, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, Suriname, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Syria, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

How to Identify

A tropical herb of the Asteraceae family that grows 3 m tall, living for one or two years. It is common in wet regions along roadsides and typically grows at 400-2,000 m elevation in Kenya.

Medicinal Uses

The plant has medicinal properties.

Wikipedia

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Erigeron floribundus is an annual/biennial plant native to South America to Mexico and introduced to many parts of the world. Its common names include tall fleabane, Bilbao's fleabane, and many-flowered fleabane.

Notes

It has medicinal properties.

Names & Synonyms

Umthithimbela

Conyza floribunda KunthConyza sumatrensis (Retz.) E. Walkerand others

References (3)

Kepe, T., 2008, Social Dynamics of the Value of Wild Edible Leaves (Imifino) in a South African Rural Area. Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 47:531-558 (As Conyza floribunda)
Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 33 (As Conyza floribunda)
Welcome, A. K. & Van Wyk, B.-E., 2019, An inventory and analysis of the food plants of southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany 122 (2019) 136–179 (As Conyza sumatrensis)